Frog as Sentinel of Human Cancer Incidence in Southern Italy’s So-Called ‘Terra dei Fuochi’

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Frog as Sentinel of Human Cancer Incidence in Southern Italy’s So-Called ‘Terra dei Fuochi’

Valeria Maselli ¹

,

Viviana Maresca ¹

,

Lucilla Fusco ¹

,

Simona Petrelli ¹

,

Emilia Galdiero ¹

,

Marco Guida ¹

,

Domenico Fulgione ¹

1

Department of Biology, University of Naples Federico II, Complesso Universitario di Monte S. Angelo, Napoli, Italy

Submission date: 2018-05-24

Final revision date: 2018-07-27

Acceptance date: 2018-08-07

Online publication date: 2019-05-17

Publication date: 2019-05-28

Corresponding author

Viviana Maresca

università di Napoli Federico II, Via cinthia, 80125 Napoli, Italy

Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2019;28(5):3527-3532

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15244/pjoes/94051

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The southern Italy waste management crisis has reached epic proportions, posing grave health risks to the populations. Epidemiological data from Campania indicated that there might be a causal relationship between illegal dumping of toxic substances and incidence of cancer. Our data showed the relationship between the wrong management of municipal toxic waste and the effects on human health, demonstrated by monitoring the DNA damage in animal sentinel edible frog (Pelophylax kl. esculentus).

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The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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Nuclear abnormalities and DNA damage indicate different genotoxic stress responses of marsh frogs (Pelophylax ridibundus, Pallas 1771) to industrial and agricultural water pollution in South Bulgaria
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Biological effects from environmental pollution by toxic metals in the “land of fires” (Italy) assessed using the biomonitor species Lunularia cruciata L. (Dum)
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