Genotoxicity evaluation of drinking water and rates of population morbidity in North Kazakhstan oblast

Ларикова Наталья Викторовна, Светлана Вадимовна Бабошкина, Лиходумова Ирина Николаевна, Nataliya P Beletskaya, А. В. Пузанов, В. В. Кириллов, И. В. Горбачев

2012

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DOI 10.17816/ecogen10440-49

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Abstract

The genotoxicity assay of drinking water in regional centers of North Kazakhstan oblast is carried out by a cytogenetic ana-telophase method using barley root tips. It is shown that drinking water of North Kazakhstan oblast is able to cause cytogenetic damages. A direct correlation between genotoxic properties of drinking water and the rates of congenital abnormalities, malignant neoplasms (by one of the most common localization in the oblast – a stomach cancer), gastric and duodenal ulcers among the population are revealed.