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## Abstract The contamination of surface‐ and groundwater by the leaching of solid wastes generated by industrial activities as a result of water runoff and rainfall is a matter of great concern. The leachates from tannery solid waste (TSW), a major environmental pollutant, were examined for their possible genotoxic effects on the somatic cells of __Vicia faba__. Leachates were prepared from solid wastes procured from leather‐tanning industrial sites, and __V. faba__ seedlings were exposed to three test concentrations, 2.5%, 5%, and 10%, through soil and aqueous media for 5 days. The root tips examined for cytogenetic damage revealed that leachate of TSW significantly inhibited the mitotic index and induced significantly frequent chromosomal and mitotic aberrations (CA/MA) in a dose‐dependent manner. The chemical analysis of TSW samples revealed that the chief constituents were chromium and nickel, which may cause genetic abnormalities. The frequency of aberrations was found to be higher in the root meristematic cells of __Vicia faba__ exposed through the aqueous medium than those exposed through the soil medium. The results of the present study indicated that contamination of pota

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Author

Saurabh Chandra; L. K. S. Chauhan; P. N. Pande; S. K. Gupta

Publisher

John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (John Wiley & Sons); John Wiley & Sons Inc.; Wiley (ISSN 1520-4081)

Published

2004

Language

EN

Field

Environmental Science (Physical Sciences)