Today, its well established that genotoxic chemicals are widely distributed in drugs, pesticides, cosmetics, narcotics, air and water pollutants, food additives and food contaminants (Belpomme, 2007; Irigaray, 2007). Intake of DNA damaging environmental contaminants can lead to heritable genetic defects, cardiovascular problems, diabetes, cancer, premature ageing, teratogenic effects and neurodegenerative diseases (Hoeijmakers, 2009; De Flora and Ramel, 1988; Ferguson and Philpott, 2008). Hence, there is a need to develop a suitable strategy to safeguard human genetic material from the catastrophic consequences of exposure to environmental toxicants.
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