Agricultural groundwater with high nitrates and dissolved salts given to pregnant mice alters brain development in the offspring

Agricultural groundwater with high nitrates and dissolved salts given to pregnant mice alters brain development in the offspring

Groundwater is the main source of drinking water for a significant portion of the human population. In many agricultural areas, diffuse pollution such as high levels of total dissolved salts including nitrate, puts the quality of this resource at risk. However, the effect of exposure to these water...

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Main Authors: Leslie Schwendimann, Iswariya Sivaprakasam, Sriramulu Buvaneshwari, Gundiga P. Gurumurthy, Saumya Mishra, Laurent Ruiz, Muddu Sekhar, Bobbi Fleiss, Jean Riotte, Shyamala Mani, Pierre Gressens
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-11-01
Series:Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
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Nitrate toxicity
Neurodevelopment
Microglia
Agricultural groundwater
Groundwater pollution
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0147651321007478

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