Physico-chemical and genotoxicity analysis of Guaribas river water in the Northeast Brazil

Chemical Assessment of Drinking Water Quality and Associated Human Health Risk of Heavy Metals in Gutai Mountains, Romania

“…Exposure through water ingestion or dermal contact pathways to certain toxins, heavy metals and nitrogen compounds, for example, alters human health, with acute or toxic effects [ 8 ]. For instance, water rich in chlorine can alter the rate of cell division and DNA structure and even hinder the reproductive system, which can destroy the organism [ 8 ].…”

“…Exposure through water ingestion or dermal contact pathways to certain toxins, heavy metals and nitrogen compounds, for example, alters human health, with acute or toxic effects [ 8 ]. For instance, water rich in chlorine can alter the rate of cell division and DNA structure and even hinder the reproductive system, which can destroy the organism [ 8 ]. The toxicity of arsenic (ubiquitous heavy metalloid, one of the essential heavy metals that worryingly affects the environment and animals’ health) is seen to impact the population’s health through accidental ingestion of some powders or solutions through water [ 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 ].…”

Use of liver histological alterations and erythrocytic nuclear abnormalities of two native fish in Kelani River, Sri Lanka as biomarkers for pollution impact assessments

“…Liver histological assessments provide information pertinent to the health impacts associated with aquatic contaminants in various fish species (Wolf et al, 2015;Kumar et al, 2017). Genotoxicity studies are important in assessing the genetic integrity of fish exposed to various toxicants in their habitat (van der Oost et al, 2003;Matos et al, 2017;Sousa et al, 2017). Erythrocyte nuclear abnormalities in fish indicate cytogenetic damage associated with the genotoxic effects of aquatic pollutants (Al-Sabti & Metcalfe, 1995;van der Oost et al, 2003;Braham et al, 2017).…”