Micronuclei (MN) are extra-nuclear bodies that contain damaged chromosome fragments
and/or whole chromosomes that were not incorporated into the nucleus after cell division …

Alcoholic beverage consumption is classified as a known human carcinogen, causally
related to an increased risk of cancer of the upper gastrointestinal tract. The formation of …

A major goal of studying farmworkers is to better understand how their work environment,
including exposure to pesticides, affects their health. Although a number of health conditions …

Introduction: Genotoxicity and mutagenicity analyses have a significant role in the
identification of hazard effects of therapeutic drugs, cosmetics, agrochemicals, industrial …

Human biomonitoring provides an efficient and cost-effective way to identify and quantify
exposure to chemical substances, including those having deleterious effects on human …

Background: In vitro toxicology studies of tobacco and tobacco smoke have been used to
understand why tobacco use causes cancer and to assess the toxicologic impact of tobacco …

The accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in northern Ukraine on April 26, 1986
resulted in the release large amounts of radioactive materials, causing serious …

There is a concern over the potential use of radioactive isotopes as a weapon of terror. The
detonation of a radiation dispersal device, the so-called “dirty bomb” can lead to public …

Cancer is the second leading cause of noncommunicable disease deaths in the world. In
2018, there were over 18 million new cancer cases and approximately 10 million people …

In this work, we studied the frequency of DNA damage in children living in Villa de la Paz,
Mexico, a mining site contaminated with arsenic and lead. DNA damage in blood cells was …