“Effect of Heavy Metals from Dyeing Mills Effluents on the Fresh Water Fish Labeo Rohita and Toxic Effects on Fish Metabolism”

An attempt has been made to study the waste water which are coming from varies industries and hospitals, rural areas that directly affect the aquatic animals and human beings who consume the same. Usually, all aquatic animals bear only certain number of heavy metals when this goes beyond the limit this cause harmful effect directly to aquatic animals and indirectly to human beings of them consume regularly. Certainly, heavy metal levels reached unacceptable levels for human consumption. Because high metal concentrations in tissue can have toxic effects on fish metabolism, it is important to consider the biological effects of contamination on fish health in the river.

Dyeing mills and Tannery effluent, Fresh Water Fish, Heavy Metals, Fish metabolism

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