Lead and Cadmium (Pb, Cd) Levels Determination in the Blood of the Gasoline Station Workers

IF 0.4 Q4 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Asian Journal of Water, Environment and Pollution Pub Date : 2023-10-09 DOI:10.3233/ajw230066

Aamal Muhsen Kadhum, Ali S. Moalif, Noor Muhsen Jawad

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Abstract

The inhalation of hazardous fumes from lead containing gasoline in the workplace has become a major public health concern. These gases include extremely dangerous poisons that can induce aberrant changes in the functioning of a variety of essential organs. The current study aimed to estimate the concentration of blood lead level (BLLs) and blood cadmium level in male working gasoline station and compared with healthy people. An atomic absorption spectrophotometer (AAS) was used to measure cadmium and lead levels in the blood. The findings of this investigation revealed that there was significant increase in age (P-value = 0.002), mean age of worker station (32.0 ± 11.99) while in the control group (22.85 ± 2.18), the result of blood lead level shown (1.92 ±1.54) in gasoline station while in the control group (1.63 ±0.04) no significant differences was observed (P-value = 0.238). The main of blood cadmium level was 0.005 ±0.0069 in the gasoline station while in the control group (0.069 ±0.011) no significant differences were observed (P- value = 0.5), the smokers (n = 13) has (P > 0.426) mean BLL (21.60 ± 12.88 μg/dL), while non-smoking workers (n = 8) the BLL mean was 15.52 ± 6.80 μg/dL. The results also show that there is a correlation between age and blood lead level while no correlation was observed in blood cadmium level.

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加油站工作人员血液中铅、镉(Pb、Cd)含量测定

在工作场所吸入含铅汽油产生的有害烟雾已成为一个主要的公共卫生问题。这些气体包括极其危险的毒物，可以引起各种重要器官功能的异常变化。本研究旨在评估男性加油站工作人员血铅和血镉浓度，并与健康人进行比较。采用原子吸收分光光度计(AAS)测定血中镉和铅的含量。调查结果显示，年龄有显著增加(p值= 0.002)，加油站平均年龄(32.0±11.99)高于对照组(22.85±2.18)，加油站血铅水平(1.92±1.54)高于对照组(1.63±0.04)，差异无统计学意义(p值= 0.238)。加油站人群血镉水平为0.005±0.0069，对照组为0.069±0.011，差异无统计学意义(P值= 0.5)，吸烟人群(n = 13)有(P >0.426)，平均BLL(21.60±12.88 μg/dL)，而非吸烟工人(n = 8)的平均值为15.52±6.80 μg/dL。结果还表明，年龄与血铅水平存在相关性，而与血镉水平无相关性。

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Asian Journal of Water, Environment and Pollution ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES-

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期刊介绍： Asia, as a whole region, faces severe stress on water availability, primarily due to high population density. Many regions of the continent face severe problems of water pollution on local as well as regional scale and these have to be tackled with a pan-Asian approach. However, the available literature on the subject is generally based on research done in Europe and North America. Therefore, there is an urgent and strong need for an Asian journal with its focus on the region and wherein the region specific problems are addressed in an intelligent manner. In Asia, besides water, there are several other issues related to environment, such as; global warming and its impact; intense land/use and shifting pattern of agriculture; issues related to fertilizer applications and pesticide residues in soil and water; and solid and liquid waste management particularly in industrial and urban areas. Asia is also a region with intense mining activities whereby serious environmental problems related to land/use, loss of top soil, water pollution and acid mine drainage are faced by various communities. Essentially, Asians are confronted with environmental problems on many fronts. Many pressing issues in the region interlink various aspects of environmental problems faced by population in this densely habited region in the world. Pollution is one such serious issue for many countries since there are many transnational water bodies that spread the pollutants across the entire region. Water, environment and pollution together constitute a three axial problem that all concerned people in the region would like to focus on.