Studying The Effect Of Lead And Cadmium On Some Physiological And Biochemical Aspects Of Workers In The Industrial District And Traffic Police In The City Of Tikrit

Abstract

The current study, which has taken place in the city of Tikrit, targets the negative effects of environmental pollution with trace elements emitted from cars, soldering and painting on the lives of its workers, as well as the effect of the accumulation of these elements in their bodies and for different exposure periods.It is divided into five different groups according to the place and nature of the work.It includes workers in the industrial district, traffic police, owners of shops overlooking the street, gas stations and the village of Al Aali, and it is considered the control group. Approximately 60 blood samples are collected, with lead and cadmium nominated for the study and knowing their effect on some liver functions. The results show a discrepancy in the values of the studied variables and their concentrations in these studied groups. The results are as follows:
Measuring the concentrations of trace elements in the blood serum of those exposed in the studied groups shows a significant increase at the significant level (p≤0.01) in the concentrations of cadmium in the blood serum of the silencer soldering group, followed by the car paintings group, and decreasing in the rest of the studied groups. The results also show a significant increase in lead at the significant level (p≤0.05) in the silencer soldering group and the car paint group, followed by the traffic police group.
These pollutants have had an effect on the concentrations of some enzymes in the blood serum, as they increase significantly at the significant level (p≤0.01) of the concentrations of the aminotransferase enzymes AST, ALT and GGT in the car paint group, followed by the silencer soldering group.