Chromosomal instability in rodents caused by pollution from Baikonur cosmodrome

@article{Kolumbayeva2014ChromosomalII,
  title={Chromosomal instability in rodents caused by pollution from Baikonur cosmodrome},
  author={Saule Zh. Kolumbayeva and Dinara Begimbetova and Tamara M. Shalakhmetova and Timur Saliev and Anna V. Lovinskaya and Benazir Zhunusbekova},
  journal={Ecotoxicology},
  year={2014},
  volume={23},
  pages={1283-1291}
}
An assessment of the health status of ecosystems exposed to man-made pollution is a vital issue for many countries. Particularly it concerns the consequences of contamination caused by the activity of the space industry. Each rocket launch is accompanied by the introduction of parts of the rocket propellant into the environment. This study aims to scrutinize the effect of the components of rocket fuel on the induction of lipid peroxidation and chromosomal aberrations on rodents inhabiting the… 
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