HISTOPATHOLOGY OF KIDNEY OF ALBINO-RAT POISONED WITH URANYL-NITRATE

Heavy metals input into either the terrestrial or aquatic environment is an important aspect of environmental pollution. Heavy metals are known to produce toxic effects on the different tissues of various terrestrial and aquatic animals. Some of these are highly toxic at even very low concentrations and they alter the cellular architecture of many organs including the kidney. The effect of rare earth metals, particularly uranium, on the kidney of animals has been little investigated until now. Therefore, the study described here focuses on the histopathological changes produced by uranium in the kidney of albino rats.