Biomonitoring hospital effluents by the Allium cepa L. test.
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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Laboratory of Plant Cytogenetics, Department of Biology, Centro de Ciências Naturais e Exatas, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Av. Roraima, 1000, Cidade Universitária, Santa Maria, RS, CEP 97105-900, Brazil.
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Laughinghouse
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Martins
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Tedesco
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D001681:Biological Assay; D001938:Brazil; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D049109:Cell Proliferation / Q000187:drug effects; D032461:Chromosomes, Plant / Q000187:drug effects; D004249:DNA Damage; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D006761:Hospitals; D009152:Mutagenicity Tests / Q000379:methods; D019697:Onions / Q000187:drug effects*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012722:Sewage / Q000737:chemistry*; D018508:Water Purification
D012722:Sewage