Paracetamol is one of the most widely used drugs worldwide, yet its environmental presence and hazardous impact on non-target organisms could rapidly increase. In this study, the possible cytotoxic effects of paracetamol were evaluated using two bioindicator plants
Lens culinaris
and
Pisum sativum
. Concentrations of 500, 400, 300, 200, 100, 50, 25, 5, 1 mg L
−1
, and a control (distilled water) were used for a total of 10 treatments, which were subsequently applied on seeds of
Lens culinaris Med
. and
Pisum sativum L.
; after 72 h of exposure, root growth, mitotic index, percentage of chromosomal abnormalities, and the presence of micronucleus were evaluated. The cytotoxic effect of paracetamol on
L. culinaris
and
P. sativum
was demonstrated, reporting the inhibition of root growth, the presence of abnormalities, and a significant micronucleus index at all concentrations used, which shows that this drug has a high degree of toxicity.