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Environmental Degradation at a Public Park in Southern Brazil as Revealed Through a Genotoxicity Test (MN) on Peripheral Blood Cells from Poecilia vivipara (Teleostei)

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The effects of anthropogenic activities on water, environment, and consequently quality of life can be evaluated using genetic, biochemical, and microbiological parameters. Regarding genetic parameters, the micronucleus test is a fast, efficient, inexpensive method for detecting alterations in genetic material induced by a variety of genotoxic agents. In the present study, blood cells from Poecilia vivipara from the Belém River in the city of Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil were evaluated for genotoxic effects stemming from human-produced pollution, as expressed by the micronucleus. The water in the river was evaluated with regard to physiochemical and microbiological parameters as well as for heavy metals. The analysis revealed the presence of copper, zinc, and nickel, with high concentrations of copper. The micronucleus analysis revealed significant differences in relation to the groups (study and control), suggesting a positive relation between the water quality of the Belém River and micronucleus expression as a result of the pollution to which this river is subjected.

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The authors are grateful to DM Santos and BR Valente for technical assistance. Funds supporting this study were provided by Universidade Positivo.

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  1. Núcleo de Biologia; Centro Acadêmico de Vitória de Santo Antão/UFPE, Vitória de Santo Antão, PE, Brazil

    Mônica L. Adam

  2. Programa de Pós-graduação em Ciências Biológicas, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, UFPE. Av. Prof. Nelson Chaves s/n, Cidade Universitária, Recife, PE, Brazil, CEP 50670-420

    Mônica L. Adam & M. T. S. Correia

  3. Laboratório de Genômica Evolutiva e Ambiental, Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, UFPE. Av. Prof. Nelson Chaves s/n, Cidade Universitária, Recife, PE, Brazil, CEP 50670-420

    Rodrigo A. Torres

  4. Laboratório de Citogenética, Universidade Positivo, Núcleo de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Curitiba, PR, Brazil

    Graziela Sponchiado & Thalita S. Motta

  5. Mestrado Profissionalizante em Gestão Ambiental, Universidade Positivo, Núcleo de Ciências Biológicas e da Saúde, Curitiba, PR, Brazil

    Cíntia M. R. Oliveira & Marco A. Carvalho-Filho

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Adam, M.L., Torres, R.A., Sponchiado, G. et al. Environmental Degradation at a Public Park in Southern Brazil as Revealed Through a Genotoxicity Test (MN) on Peripheral Blood Cells from Poecilia vivipara (Teleostei). Water Air Soil Pollut 211, 61–68 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-009-0280-9

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