Cytotoxicity and genotoxicity of Untreated Hospital Effluents



Document title: Cytotoxicity and genotoxicity of Untreated Hospital Effluents
Journal: Brazilian archives of biology and technology
Database: PERIÓDICA
System number: 000348434
ISSN: 1516-8913
Authors: 1
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Institutions: 1Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Departamento de Tecnologia de Alimentos, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul. Brasil
Year:
Season: Jul
Volumen: 50
Number: 4
Pages: 637-643
Country: Brasil
Language: Inglés
Document type: Artículo
Approach: Experimental
English abstract Untreated hospital effluent samples were tested for cytotoxic and genotoxicity in order to access whether they presented any serious health hazards. Results of umuC test suggested that the effluent from a large, general hospital could be considered weakly genotoxic. Comparatively, effluents from inpatient units presented higher frequency of genotoxicity than those coming from laboratory facilities. Although no cytotoxic activity was detected in laboratory effluent samples, cytotoxicity appeared to be an important problem of effluents from inpatient units
Portuguese abstract Amostras de efluentes hospitalares não tratados foram testadas para determinação de efeitos citotóxicos e genotóxicos para verificar a possibilidade destes apresentarem riscos à saúde. Resultados do ensaio umuC sugeriram que o efluente de um grande hospital de clínicas gerais poderia ser considerado fracamente genotóxico. Comparativamente, efluentes de unidades de internação apresentaram freqüência maior de genotixicidade, quando comparados com efluentes de setores laboratoriais. Embora nenhuma atividade citotóxica tenha sido detectada em amostras dos efluentes de unidades laboratoriais, para unidades de internação esta atividade parece ser um problema importante
Disciplines: Medicina,
Biología
Keyword: Toxicología,
Biología celular,
Genética,
Genotoxicidad,
Citotoxicidad,
Efluentes hospitalarios,
Fuentes de agua,
Contaminación
Keyword: Medicine,
Biology,
Toxicology,
Cell biology,
Genetics,
Genotoxicity,
Cytotoxicity,
Hospital effluents,
Water sources,
Pollution
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