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Aquatic toxicology is the scenario of study to identify the risk to the target and nontarget organs of any aquatic organism arising from the continuous exposure to the stressor or industrial effluents, pesticides, heavy metals, municipal wastes, etc. Toxicity testing on higher animals is neither possible nor profitable; in view of this, toxicity tests are being carried out on small animals like freshwater fishes, which are more sensitive to the water quality. Environmental pollution including air, water, and land is due to accumulation of heavy metals, effluents, or pesticides in one or other forms, generated during manufacturing or application processes in industries.
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Rokade, P.B. (2017). Methodology. In: Impacts of Tannery Operations on Guppy, Poecilia reticulata . SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57654-1_2
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