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Biomonitoring of genotoxic effects and elemental accumulation derived from air pollution in community urban gardens

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Autor(es):
Amato-Lourenco, Luis Fernando ; Lobo, Debora Ja A. ; Guimaraes, Eliane T. ; Lopes Moreira, Tiana Carla ; Carvalho-Oliveira, Regiani ; Saiki, Mitiko ; Nascimento Saldiva, Paulo Hilario ; Mauad, Thais
Número total de Autores: 8
Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
Fonte: Science of The Total Environment; v. 575, p. 1438-1444, JAN 1 2017.
Citações Web of Science: 12
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Urban gardening is a growing global phenomenon with a positive impact on society. Despite several associated benefits, growing vegetables in urban gardens that are localized in highly polluted areas poses questions about the safety of the produced food. Therefore, the identification of risk factors that result in possible deleterious effects to human health is important for realizing all of the benefits to society. We evaluated the use of two-biomonitoring methods in ten urban gardens of Sao Paulo city and one control site: the micronuclei frequencies for early tetrads of Tradescantia pallida (Rose) Hunt. cv. ``Purpurea{''} Boom(hereafter, Trad-MCN) as a short-term indicator of genotoxic response and tree barks to quantify the accumulation of traffic-related chemical elements as a long-term biomarker of air pollution in urban gardens. Mature plants of Tradescantia pallida were exposed in each garden, and their inflorescences were sampled over three months. A random set of 300 early tetrads in 13 to 21 slides per garden were evaluated for micronuclei frequencies. Elemental concentrations in 428 tree barks samples from 107 different trees in the areas surrounding urban gardens were quantified using an energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometer. The frequency of Trad-MCN has a significant correlation with traffic variables and chemical elements related to road dust and tailpipe emissions deposited in tree barks. Negative associations between Trad-MCN and both the distance through traffic and the presence of vertical obstacles were observed in the community gardens. The Mn/Zn concentrations in tree barks were associated with increased Trad-MCN. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. (AU)

Processo FAPESP: 14/19201-9 - Determinação das concentrações de metais traço provenientes de deposições atmosféricas em hortas urbanas comunitárias na cidade de São Paulo
Beneficiário:Luís Fernando Amato Lourenço
Modalidade de apoio: Bolsas no Brasil - Doutorado Direto