Biomonitoring Hospital Effluents by the Allium cepa L. Test
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In: Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, Vol. 82, No. 5, 05.2009, p. 590-592.
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T1 - Biomonitoring Hospital Effluents by the Allium cepa L. Test
AU - Bagatini, M. D.
AU - Vasconcelos, Tibiriça G.
AU - Laughinghouse IV, H. D.
AU - Martins, A. F.
PY - 2009/5
Y1 - 2009/5
N2 - Hospital effluents are serious problems in developing countries like Brazil, and when not treated adequately, can cause mutagenic effects on live organisms. Biomonitors, like Allium cepa L., which is one of the most used plant species when monitoring effluent genotoxicity, have been used to alert the world population about environmental contamination and genotoxic chemical emissions. The Allium cepa test was used to evaluate the genotoxicity of a hospital effluent in Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil. During the study, chromosomal disruptions, anaphasic bridges, and micronuclei during telophase were observed, indicating environmental toxicity risk. © 2009 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC.
AB - Hospital effluents are serious problems in developing countries like Brazil, and when not treated adequately, can cause mutagenic effects on live organisms. Biomonitors, like Allium cepa L., which is one of the most used plant species when monitoring effluent genotoxicity, have been used to alert the world population about environmental contamination and genotoxic chemical emissions. The Allium cepa test was used to evaluate the genotoxicity of a hospital effluent in Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil. During the study, chromosomal disruptions, anaphasic bridges, and micronuclei during telophase were observed, indicating environmental toxicity risk. © 2009 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC.
KW - Chemistry
KW - Allium cepa
KW - Cell cycle
KW - Genotoxicity
KW - Hospital effluent
KW - Toxicology
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U2 - 10.1007/s00128-009-9666-z
DO - 10.1007/s00128-009-9666-z
M3 - Journal articles
C2 - 19224103
VL - 82
SP - 590
EP - 592
JO - Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology
JF - Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology
SN - 0007-4861
IS - 5
ER -