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ArticleEnvironmental geochemistry and health2021

A study on water quality monitoring of Buddha Nullah, Ludhiana, Punjab (India).

Jaskaran Kaur, Varinder Kaur, Yogesh B Pakade, Jatinder Kaur Katnoria

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Article in Environmental geochemistry and health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jaskaran KaurDepartment of Botanical and Environmental Sciences, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, Punjab, 143005, India.
Varinder KaurDepartment of Chemistry- Centre for Advanced Studies, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, Punjab, 143005, India.
Yogesh B PakadeCleaner Technology Centre, CSIR- National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India.
Jatinder Kaur KatnoriaDepartment of Botanical and Environmental Sciences, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, Punjab, 143005, India. jatinkat@yahoo.co.in.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6224-8680
Guru Nanak Dev University · INNational Environmental Engineering Research Institute · IN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Diverse genotoxic agents, entering the aquatic environment through natural and anthropogenic events, pose serious threats to its biotic components. The present study involves the monitoring of water quality by assessing the genotoxic effects and physico-chemical parameters including heavy metals of 10 surface water samples collected from different locations of Buddha Nullah, a tributary of Sutlej flowing through Ludhiana, Punjab (India). Genotoxicity was evaluated following Allium cepa root chromosomal aberration assay and DNA nicking assay using plasmid (pBR322) whilst the metal (cadmium, chromium, cobalt, copper, lead, nickel and zinc) analysis was conducted using atomic absorption spectrophotometer. All water samples collected from the study area had cobalt and lead content more than the permissible limits (0.04 and 0.01, respectively) recommended by the Bureau of Indian Standards and the World Health Organization. The samples also induced genotoxicity following both bioassays. The water samples collected from Gaunspur (GP), a site approx. 75.53 km upstream of the Sutlej-Buddha Nullah joining point, has shown the maximum genotoxic effect, i.e. 38.62% in terms of per cent total aberrant cells during A. cepa assay and 100% DNA damage during DNA nicking assay. The Pearson correlation indicated that genotoxicity had a significant positive correlation with the content of cobalt (at p ≤ 0.5). During cluster analysis, the samples from 10 sites formed four statistically significant clusters based on the level of pollution that was dependent on two factors like similarity in physico-chemical characteristics and source of pollution at a specific site.

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Environmental MonitoringIndiaMetals, HeavyOnionsSpectrophotometry, AtomicWaterWater Pollutants, ChemicalWater QualityMetals, HeavyWaterWater Pollutants, ChemicalAllium cepa root chromosomal aberration assayHeavy metal pollutionMetal Pollution indexPearson correlationPlasmid nicking assay

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