holds a degree in Biological Sciences from the State University of Campinas (1979), a master's degree (1985) and doctorate (1990) in Genetics and Molecular Biology from the State University of Campinas and "livre docência" in Toxicology from the University of São Paulo (2011). She completed a postdoctoral internship at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) and at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of the United States. She was a visiting professor at the Wilson College of Textiles at North Carolina State University (2018-2019). She is currently a full professor at the Faculty of Technology at UNICAMP and coordinates the Laboratory of Ecotoxicology and Genotoxicity LAEG. She worked for 22 years at the Environmental Agency of State of São Paulo (CETESB). Actively participated in the revision of CONAMA resolution 357/2005 and in the elaboration of CONAMA resolution 396/2008. She also contributed to the revisions of the potability ordinance in Brazil. She was president of the Brazilian Society of Environmental Mutagenesis, Carcinogenesis and Teratogenesis. Member of the editorial board of Environmental Molecular Mutagenesis. Se is a member of the International Initiative on Water Quality - IIWQ Experts Advisory Group of UNESCO-IHP. She has experience in the area of Environmental Toxicology, working mainly in the areas of environmental mutagenesis, ecotoxicology, toxicology of dyes of natural and synthetic origin and regulatory toxicology. She is currently developing protocols for evaluating toxicity, genotoxicity and internal doses of chemicals with a new model organism, the marine amphipod of circumtropical distribution, Parhyale hawaiensis. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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Access to high quality water is a necessity throughout the world. Brazil, although rich in freshwater resources, has important water security concerns, particularly in the most populated urban areas. Campinas metropolitan region in São Paulo state faces significant difficulties related to water scarcity and pollution. Good water quality is not only important for drinking water supply but …
Synthetic dyes and pigments are widely used in the textile industry, and the potential risks of colourants such as azo dyes to human health and the environment are already recognized. Certain natural compounds have a long history as colourants but after the 20th century transition to synthetic dyes, their usage in textile coloration has been minimal. There is a trend in the world to produ…
Effect Directed Analysis (EDA) have been shown the best way to diclose new priority pollutants. Bioassays, like the Salmonella/microsome assay (Ames test), have been used susccessfuly in EDA studies, but with limitations when the samples are not potent enough to be fractionated and re-tested. With the advance of the chemical techniques in the non-target analysis, the ability to identify p…
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Current tests for germ cell mutagenicity evaluation are basically conducted in rodents. However, models using mammals have been increasingly questioned from an ethical and social point of view. Regulatory agencies demand mutagenicity assessment in germ cells, because the mechanism of action in germ cells may differ from somatic cells, leading to different results. DNA damage that occurs i…
Emodin is an anthraquinone of natural origin that has been shown to be toxic and mutagenic in several biological systems, possibly due to the flatness of its molecule. Mutagenic substances can lead to dysfunction and cell death in somatic cells at the individual level, while in germ cells they can trigger adverse effects at the population level, such as reduced reproduction capacity. Emod…
Marine and freshwater ecosystems are used as the final destination for domestic, industrial and farming effluents. According to Brazilian legislation, effluents should not have the potential to impact the receiving body, both fresh and salt water and to assess this impact, toxicity tests are required. The objective of this work is to test the acute toxicity of urban sewage using different…
Dyes have been largely used by the industrial sector, especially in the textile industry. The dyes that are not attached to the fibers can be discharged in water bodies via effluent, which may impact the water quality due to their toxic properties. Disperse dyes are among the most used dyes in the textile sector, and because of their hydrophobic properties, they are poorly soluble in wate…
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Pesticides are used in large amounts in modern agriculture to secure nutrition and biofuel production. Registration and authorization of pesticides requires that they can be used without harm to the environment and appropriate safety data have to be provided before marketing and application. However, the assessment is based on individual compounds while typically pesticides occur in the e…
Pollution is a big concern these days and among environmental pollutants, genotoxic compounds are very important because they can cause adverse effects in the reproduction, development and growth of the exposed biota. To prevent these damages, it is important to assess the genotoxic potential of environmental samples using effect-based tools. DNA damage can be evaluated by the comet assay…
Dyes are present in all colored products but they have been one of the chemical classes less studied in the toxicological point of view. Dyes are classified based on their molecular structure (e.g. azo, anthraquinone, nitro) or application (e.g., textiles, food drugs, and cosmetics, photography, hair, lasers). Recently a huge dye library was donated by Eastman Chemical containing around 9…
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