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Toxicological effects of major environmental pollutants: an overview

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The last quarter of the twentieth century had witnessed a global surge in awakening against the unabated menace of environmental pollution. Among the various types of environmental pollution, water pollution is an age-old problem but it has gained an alarming dimension lately because of the problems of population increase, sewage disposal, industrial waste, radioactive waste, etc. Present scenario of water pollution calls for immediate attention towards the remediation and detoxification of these hazardous agents in order to have a healthy living environment. The present communication will deal with the toxicological effects of major environmental pollutants, viz. heavy metals, pesticides, and phenols.

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The authors gratefully acknowledge the research facility provided by College of Medicine, University of Dammam, Dammam and King Fahd Medical Research Center, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia as well as Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Life Sciences, AMU, Aligarh, India.

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  1. College of Medicine, University of Dammam, P.O. Box 2114, Dammam, 31451, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

    Samina Wasi

  2. King Fahd Medical Research Center, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, 21589, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

    Shams Tabrez

  3. Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Life Sciences, AMU, Aligarh, 202002, India

    Masood Ahmad

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Wasi, S., Tabrez, S. & Ahmad, M. Toxicological effects of major environmental pollutants: an overview. Environ Monit Assess 185, 2585–2593 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-012-2732-8

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