Journal
CHEMOSPHERE
Volume 232, Issue -, Pages 337-344Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.05.218
Keywords
Chlorpyrifos; Cypermethrin; Glyphosate; Interactions; Nuclear abnormalities; Reptiles
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- Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas [CONICET-PIP 112 20130100478CO]
- Agencia Nacional de Promocion Cientifica y Tecnologica [ANPCyT-PICT 2016-2020]
- Proyecto Yacare and Yacares Santafesinos (Gobierno de Santa Fe/MMA)
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In this study, we investigated the effects of three binary mixtures of pesticide formulations commonly used in soybean crop: Cypermethrin Atanor (R) (25%-CYP), Chlorpyrifos Lorsban 48E (R) (48%-CPF) and Glyphosate Roundup (R) Full II (66.2%-GLY) on broad-snouted caiman (Caiman latirostris) hatchlings exposed by voluntary immersion under controlled condition. Genotoxicity was evaluated in peripheral blood erythrocytes through the micronucleus (MN) test and other nuclear abnormalities (NM) and besides, growth of caiman was analyzed in each experimental group. The results showed that pesticide formulations tested, at concentrations similar to those recommended for application in the field, induced an increase in the frequency of micronucleus (FMN; p = 0.001) and Notched nuclei (NN: p = 0.010) in the mixture CYP + CPF, while an increase in the frequency of buds and NN was observed in the mixture of GLY + CYP (p(buds) = 0.016 and p(NN) = 0.021), compared to the vehicle control (VC). On the contrary, a possible antagonistic action was observed between the components in the mixture GLY + CPF. Growth was not affected in any exposed groups (p > 0.05). There was a clutch effect in the frequency of binucleated erythrocytes (BiN; p = 0.011), total length (TL; p = 0.001) and snout-vent length (SVL; p = 0.031). Biomarkers used in this study are considered important predictive tools for the evaluation of xenobiotics. In this study, we demonstrated genotoxicity of pesticide mixtures under conditions that simulate the real situation of exposure suffered by caiman and other wild species in Argentina. (C) 2019 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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