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- Title
Implications of Chemical-Based Effluent Regulations in Assessing DNA Damage in Fathead Minnows (Pimephales promelas) When Exposed to Metal Plating Wastewater.
- Authors
Choi, K.; Meier, P. G.
- Abstract
This article investigates the agreement between chemical-based regulatory measures and genetic toxicity that was observed in fathead minnows. The application of chemical-based regulation on effluents has limitations because of their diverse chemical components, complicated interactions between contaminants. In Korea, environmental regulations for the protection of the aquatic biota from discharges are based only on this chemical-based approach. Metal plating wastewater was utilized for this study, as it contains various metal contaminants that were known to be genotoxic. The genetic impact on fathead minnows was evaluated with a fish DNA damage assay employing an agarose gel electrophoresis technique.
- Subjects
KOREA; FATHEAD minnow; DNA damage; GENETIC toxicology; INDUSTRIAL wastes; PIMEPHALES
- Publication
Bulletin of Environmental Contamination & Toxicology, 2000, Vol 64, Issue 5, p716
- ISSN
0007-4861
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s001280000062