Genotóxicidad en linfocitos humanos de agua contaminada por hidrocarburos, del pozo 4 ubicado en aguarico Shushufindi – Ecuador

Abstract

Ecuador is an oil country that in the sixties entered the world market. Due to the increased income produced by oil exports, it became the main economic resource for the country, and at the same time being the main cause of contamination of the soil, water and air, because its excessive exploitation. In the Amazon rainforest this problem can be identified due to the presence of irremediable damage to the ecosystem and the health of the population. In this work, we determined the genotoxicity that contaminated water with hydrocarbon could cause to different concentrations in lymphocytes of 3 healthy donors, through the comet assay. The results indicate that water contaminated with these compounds can cause adverse effects on health, because it causes genotoxic damage in the DNA of blood cells. We compared the results of the 3 donors and also observed a dose-dependent response.