“…In this study, the levels of cholesterol and uric acid in mouse serum showed significant increases after PTA wastewater treatment, which is similar to the responses induced by cypermethrin [18], propoxur [19] and nano-anatase TiO 2 particles [20]. Epidemiological studies have shown that serum cholesterol levels were significantly higher in hypertensive and normotensive people of the highly industrialized region than in the nonindustrialized one [21], but no difference between references and workers exposed to TA was found for haematological variables [12].…”