Malathion is a highly toxic organophosphate insecticide, being one of the most widely used
in the world and is generally used for insect control in food production. Thus …

The use of herbicides constitutes the principal method of weed control but the introduction of
these compounds into the aquatic environment can provoke severe consequences for non …

Detection of potentially hazardous compounds in water bodies is a priority in environmental
risk assessment. For the evaluation and monitoring of water quality, a series of …

Chlorpyrifos (CPF) and carbendazim (CBZ) are widely used pesticide and fungicide in India.
The 96h LC50 values of chlorpyrifos and carbendazim for the marine invertebrate Donax …

Agricultural chemicals can induce genetic alterations on aquatic organisms that have been
associated with effects on growth, reproduction and population dynamics. The evaluation of …

The alkaline comet assay was tested on different microalgae: the dinoflagellates, Karenia
mikimotoi and Alexandrium minutum, and the diatom, Chaetoceros gracilis. The microalgae …

This paper presents an evaluation of the genotoxic effects of cadmium chloride (CdCl2) on
marine gastropod, Nerita chamaeleon following the technique of comet assay and the DNA …

Comet assay is a useful tool on the evaluation of DNA damage, and it can estimate the
genetic risk followed by xenobiotic exposures. This technique has been extensively used to …

Monitoring of water genotoxicity still remains underexploited in risk assessment. The present
study aimed at standardizing and evaluating the sensitivity and applicability of the Comet …

Methods that permit the sensitive detection of DNA damage and repair are of special
significance in the field of environmental research due to the long latent period between …