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Provedor de dados: | Acta Scientiarum: Biological Sciences
País: | Brazil
Título: | Influence of natural radon and metal contamination on surface water quality from a Brazilian Semiarid Region
Autores: | Dantas, Richelly da Costa; Navoni, Julio Alejandro; Ferreira, Douglisnilson de Morais; Costa, Thomas Ferreira da; Medeiros, Silvia Regina Batistuzzo de; Amaral, Viviane Souza do.
Data: | 2017-09-18
Ano: | 2017
Palavras-chave: | Area: Genetica. Sub-area: Mutagenese radiation; Lead; Mutagenicity; Micronucleus; Geogenic contamination. Genetica.
Resumo: | The Brazilian semiarid region presents some adverse environmental conditions for the settled population such as a restricted water availability and the presence of radon and metal natural sources that can contaminate the water reservoirs and consequently become a concern for human health. The present study evaluated the water quality of the Riacho das Cachoeiras Dam located in the urban area of Lajes Pintadas (state of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil) as source for human consumption. An analysis of Physicochemical parameters, heavy metal content and Radon in water samples was performed along with the assessment of the water mutagenic potential through Micronucleus Test (MN) on Tradescantia pallida and Oreochromis niloticus. The content of metals in water for Al, Cd, and Ni were above water quality guidelines for human consumption. Moreover, high levels of Pb along with dissolved Radon were found. An acute and chronic mutagenic water capability was observed. These findings demonstrated that the water quality is unsuitable for human consumption due to the presence of high levels of contaminants mainly from geogenic origin and its deleterious effect on living systems.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: | Inglês

Identificador:

http://periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/ActaSciBiolSci/article/view/27787

10.4025/actascibiolsci.v39i3.27787

Editor: | Universidade Estadual De Maringá
Relação: | http://periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/ActaSciBiolSci/article/view/27787/pdf
Formato: | application/pdf

Fonte:

Acta Scientiarum. Biological Sciences; v. 39, n. 3 (2017); 275-282

Acta Scientiarum. Biological Sciences; v. 39, n. 3 (2017); 275-282

1807-863X

1679-9283

Fonte: | Direitos autorais 2017 Acta Scientiarum. Biological Sciences