Ground and surface water for drinking: a laboratory study on genotoxicity using plant tests

• Main Authors: Donatella Feretti (Author), Elisabetta Ceretti (Author), Bianca Gustavino (Author), Ilaria Zerbini (Author), Claudia Zani (Author), Silvano Monarca (Author), Marco Rizzoni (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2012-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Surface waters are increasingly utilized for drinking water because groundwater sources are often polluted. Several monitoring studies have detected the presence of mutagenicity in drinking water, especially from surface sources due to the reaction of natural organic matter with disinfectant. The st...