Hazard Assessment of a Mixture of Pollutants from a Sugar Industry to Three Fish Species of Western Mexico by the Responses of Enzymes and Lipid Peroxidation.

The article reports on hazard assessment of a mixture of pollutants from a sugar industry to three fish species of western Mexico by the responses of enzymes and lipid peroxidation. The discharge of pollutants by several industries represents a serious water pollution problem due to the toxic properties of these contaminants and the adverse effects on the biota. Among the pollutants of the sugar industry are pressed pulp, lignin and phenol, molasses, vinasses, sulfur, organochiorines, organophosphates, herbicides and fungicides that may produce multiple damages in fish.