In most tropical developing countries, one of the problems facing aquaculture industry is the pollution of ponds and rivers with pesticides. Chemicals such as diazinon, an organophosphate pesticide, originating from a...
Disinfection of surface drinking water, particularly water chlorination, produces by-products with potential genotoxic and/or carcinogenic activity. A study carried out at a pilot plant for drinking water disinfection...
Objective To study the anticlastogenic effect of redistilled cow's urine distillate (RCUD) in human peripheral lymphocytes (HLC) challenged with manganese dioxide and hexavalent chromium. Methods The anticlastoge...
Interaction between an essential element calcium andtwo heavy metals (Cr and Hg) was observed in micebone marrow cells in vivo.Mercuric chloride andcalcium chloride (1:1 ratio) were administered orallyto laboratory br...
The effect of acute and chronic exposure to toxicmetals like CsCl and CoCl2 on chromosomes and celldivision was studied in seeds of Trigonellafoenum graecum and root meristems of Alliumsativum.10,000,1000 &...
Several chemicals have been identified whichgive discordant results in clastogenicitytests in vitro using CH0 or CHL cells (Sofuniet al 1989).This observation has causedconcern and raised the question whether thesedis...