Serum Nickel Levels Compromise the Oxidative Status and Lung Functions in Ceramic Workers
Uzma Jabbar,
Mazhar Mushtaq,
Javed Anver Qureshi
Issue:
Volume 5, Issue 1, June 2021
Pages:
1-6
Received:
1 March 2021
Accepted:
17 March 2021
Published:
30 March 2021
Abstract: Nickel, in the form of various alloys and compounds, has been in widespread commercial use for over 100 years. Several million workers worldwide are exposed to airborne fumes, dust, and mist containing nickel and its compounds. Further, exposures by inhalation, ingestion, or skin contact occur in nickel-producing industries, like mining, milling, melting, and refining, and in nickel-using industries, like electroplating, welding, and grinding. Insoluble nickel is the predominant exposure in nickel-producing industries, whereas soluble nickel is the predominant exposure in nickel-using industries like the ceramics industry. This study was designed to extrapolate the levels of serum nickel, antioxidant compounds, and stress markers and correlate them with lung function status in craft workers in the ceramics industry. The study included 50 fiber craft workers from the ceramics industry who met the inclusion criteria. The control group consisted of subjects from the general population with no disease. Blood samples from the workers were collected by a phlebotomist. The levels of nickel and biological antioxidants, i.e. serum glutathione (GSH) and stress marker malondialdehye (MDA), were determined. Estimation of oxidants and haptoglobin (Hp) levels were assessed. The level of nickel was measured by atomic absorption spectrophotometry. A spirometer was used to measure lung functions. The calculated levels of these parameters were compared with those in the control subjects. An overall increase in nickel and MDA levels and a decrease in GSH level were observed. When these workers were classified into groups, it was observed that prolonged employment in the ceramics industry was associated with an increased nickel concentration in the serum, which in turn increased oxidative stress biomarkers and thus decreased the antioxidant levels to the lower limit. The decrease in GSH level compromises lung function. Our findings of an increase the Hp level is noteworthy, as it increased by 89% in the group with over 10 years of service in the industry compared with the group working for less than 5 years. Prolonged exposure of nickel increases the oxidative stress, in terms of increased MDA level and decreased GSH level. These findings can compromise the lung function and increase the Hp level.
Abstract: Nickel, in the form of various alloys and compounds, has been in widespread commercial use for over 100 years. Several million workers worldwide are exposed to airborne fumes, dust, and mist containing nickel and its compounds. Further, exposures by inhalation, ingestion, or skin contact occur in nickel-producing industries, like mining, milling, m...
Show More
A Review on Success and Failures of Conservation Agriculture Practices in Ethiopia
Tesfaw Melkamu Adugna,
Dessie Almaw Cherie
Issue:
Volume 5, Issue 1, June 2021
Pages:
7-11
Received:
4 February 2021
Accepted:
27 April 2021
Published:
14 May 2021
Abstract: Agribusiness possesses a key position for the Ethiopian economy, which contributes inside a single year 85% of business of the country’s populace, 95% of arrive beneath development and contributes more than 96% add up to rural yields. Be that as it may, the conventional arrive utilize framework harms this division and welcome over the top soil disintegration by wind and water (runoff) and results the misfortune of soil efficiency. In this respect, conservation agriculture can be seen as a potential alternative for Ethiopia which depend primarily and farming appear prime segment that seem offer assistance in keeping up and moving forward trim abdicate, achieving more flexible cultivating framework with decreased dangers and risks, whereas ensuring and invigorating the biological work of the soil. Most past ponders advocate appropriation of conservation agriculture as a degree for issues brought in ordinary cultivating operation and broad cultivate inputs application center on commerce as regular that pointed as it were maximizing generation, but this innovation have been limitedly received in a few zones. The catastrophe is little agriculturists may come up short to completely acknowledge recommended agrarian innovation bundles, such as conservation agriculture center hones due to numerous components, counting asset and data limitations. In this manner, the point of this article centered on the success and disappointment of conservation agriculture hones in Ethiopia.
Abstract: Agribusiness possesses a key position for the Ethiopian economy, which contributes inside a single year 85% of business of the country’s populace, 95% of arrive beneath development and contributes more than 96% add up to rural yields. Be that as it may, the conventional arrive utilize framework harms this division and welcome over the top soil disi...
Show More
The Consequence of Drinking Water, in Air and Soil with the Presence of Natural Radioactive Elements
Issue:
Volume 5, Issue 1, June 2021
Pages:
12-16
Received:
22 March 2021
Accepted:
25 May 2021
Published:
31 May 2021
Abstract: The current work was evaluated so as to assess the impact of naturally hot components in soil and water samples. The majority of the world's covers were made up of emitting radiation components. We have taken eight consecutive research previous studied article related with the present work what we are focused. The first source of hot isotopes is deposits that can be enriched in 238 U and its girl isotopes. All the foremost necessary natural resources are water. Natural radiation and its effects on human health, plants, and mining have recently become a major environmental concern as a result of the invention of widespread inert gas levels in home air at concentrations that exceed each location. Precise activity and gamma-absorbed dose rates of terrestrial present radionuclides in edge soil were determined through gamma-ray chemical analysis. The purpose of this study was to collect baseline data on natural environmental electromagnetic radiation and radiation levels, as well as to assess the corresponding tomography health effects on individuals. precise activity and gamma-absorbed dose rates of terrestrial present radionuclides in edge soil were determined through gamma-ray chemical analysis. The goal of this study was also to collect baseline data on natural environmental electromagnetic radiation and radiation levels, as well as to assess the health effects of tomography on individuals.
Abstract: The current work was evaluated so as to assess the impact of naturally hot components in soil and water samples. The majority of the world's covers were made up of emitting radiation components. We have taken eight consecutive research previous studied article related with the present work what we are focused. The first source of hot isotopes is de...
Show More
