Concentration of uranium levels in groundwater

The uranium isotopes during their course of their disintegration decay into other radioactive elements and eventually decay into stable lead isotopes. The cause of environmental concern is the emanation of beta and gamma radiation during disintegration. The present study tends to estimate uranium in groundwater trapped in granite and gneiss rocks. Besides, the study aims at estimating the radiation during natural disintegration process. The water samples were collected and analyzed following inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometric technique while water sample collection was given to the regions of Kolar District, South India, due to the representation. The significant finding was the observation of very high levels of uranium in groundwater compared to similar assays reported at other nearby districts. Also, the levels were considerable to those compared to groundwater levels of uranium reported by other scientists. On the basis of this study, it was inferred that the origin of uranium was from granite strata and there was a trend of diffusion observed in the course of flow-path of water in the region

Mitodepressive and clastogenic effects of fungicide benlate in the root meristem of allium cepa

Benlate, a systemic fungicide was tested for its antimitotic and clastogenic effects in the root meris-tem of Allium cepa. The results obtained showed that Benlate inhibits cytokinesis, spindle formation and if Mitodepressive in function, and therefore it is recorded to be a potential mitotic poison