Biochemical and Haematological Parameters Among Gas Station Employees

Abstract

Human exposure to heavy metals has significant harmful health effects and might be associated with the risk of blood abnormalities and biological parameters. The wasteful in the use of these metals was reached a high level of risk, leaving a huge burden on the environment. Therefore, the current study was designed to investigate any changes in the hematological and biochemical profile with the blood lead level among employees occupationally exposed to gasoline in different gas stations in Riyadh City. The exposed group included 35 gas station employees. They were compared to a corresponding group of healthy 35 male at the Department of Forensic Science, College of Criminal Justice, Naif Arab University for Security Sciences. The number of white blood cells, platelets, lymph, mean corpuscular volume, liver enzymes, Alanine transaminase, Aspartate Aminotransferase, and creatinine mean corpuscular hemoglobin were significantly higher with relatively small decreased in red blood cells, Haemoglobin, Mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration and Hematocrit with increasing in the level of lead in gas stations employees compared to the control group. Keywords: Lead, CBC, ALT, AST, creatinine. DOI: 10.7176/CMR/12-4-03 Publication date: April 30 th 2020