Bagatini MD, Vasconcelos TG, Laughinghouse HD, Martins AF, Tedesco SB. Biomonitoring hospital effluents by the Allium cepa L. test.
Bull Environ Contam Toxicol 2009;
82:590-592. [PMID:
19224103 DOI:
10.1007/s00128-009-9666-z]
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Abstract
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.
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