Genotoxicity effects on Geophagus brasiliensis fish exposed to Doce River water after the environmental disaster in the city of Mariana, MG, Brazil

Genotoxicity effects on Geophagus brasiliensis fish exposed to Doce River water after the environmental disaster in the city of Mariana, MG, Brazil

Abstract The Doce River basin has suffered the largest environmental accident ever occurred in Brazil with the influx of tailings from Fundão and Santarém, belonging to Samarco mining company, due to the disaster in Mariana. A spill between 50 and 60 million m3 of tailings was estimated by the comp...

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Main Authors: L. C. Gomes, A. R. Chippari-Gomes, T. O. Miranda, T. M. Pereira, J. Merçon, V. C. Davel, B. V. Barbosa, A. C. H. Pereira, A. Frossard, J. P. L. Ramos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Internacional de Ecologia 2018-11-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Biology
Subjects:
micronuclei
comet assay
heavy metal
fish
Doce River
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