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On the Contamination Status of Part of a Town's Drinking Well Water

Objective: To monitor and evaluate the drinking well water quality of a town of Xiangyun County. Methods:
Micronucleus tests were conducted in Vicia faba root tips treated respectively with the five representative samples collected from a town of Xiangyun County. Results: The micronuclear rates induced by No. 1, No. 2, No. 3, No. 4 and No.5 were 8.25‰, 6.61‰,8.24‰, 4.17‰ and 3.61‰. According to the PI, No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3 were moderate pollution; No. 4 was slight pollution; and No. 5 was almost no pollution. Conclusion: Part of the town's drinking well water is contaminated.   

  1. College of Public Health, Dali University, Dali, Yunnan 671000, China
  • Received:2011-11-18 Revised:2012-01-14 Online:2012-03-15 Published:2012-03-15

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Abstract:

Objective: To monitor and evaluate the drinking well water quality of a town of Xiangyun County. Methods:
Micronucleus tests were conducted in Vicia faba root tips treated respectively with the five representative samples collected from a town of Xiangyun County. Results: The micronuclear rates induced by No. 1, No. 2, No. 3, No. 4 and No.5 were 8.25‰, 6.61‰,8.24‰, 4.17‰ and 3.61‰. According to the PI, No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3 were moderate pollution; No. 4 was slight pollution; and No. 5 was almost no pollution. Conclusion: Part of the town's drinking well water is contaminated.

Key words: study on contamination, micronucleus test, root-tip of vicia faba, drinking well water

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