I express my deep gratitude to Dr. G. Sekaran, Scientist and Head of the Department of the Environmental Technology Lab, CLRI who accepted my request for carrying out my project work. I owe my deep sense of gratitude to Dr. Evvie Chockalingam, for her valuable guidance, constant encouragement, innumerable suggestions, patience and care that she bestowed on me during the course of my project. I would like to thank Dr. G. Sekar, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, IIT- Madras, for allowing me to use the facilities available in his lab for my experiments. I would like to thank my...

Cypermethrin and carbendazim are synthetic pesticides that have been in use for more than a decade. Low-dose and time dependent effect of these pesticides in male albino rat serum will highlight early hematological changes. Cypermethrin and carbendazim were administered in individual and combined form at 5, 10, 25 and 50mM for durations of 12 and 24 h in the different group of rats. The results of the study displayed the hematological changes in rat blood. Hematological markers such as Hemoglobin, Red Blood Cells, White Blood Cells, Neutrophils, Eosinophil, Lymphocytes and Platelet were...