Işikli Burhanettin, Demir Temir Ali, Akar Tamer, Berber Asiye, Urer Selim Murat, Kalyoncu Cemalettin, Canbek Mediha
Department of Public Health, Osmangazi University, 26480 Meşelik, Eskişehir, Turkey.
Chemosphere. 2006 Jun;63(9):1546-52. doi: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2005.09.059. Epub 2005 Nov 17.
The cement dust is one of the causes of pollution in the environment. In the present study, the cadmium concentrations of soil and plant specimens taken from a rural area exposed to cement factory emissions were determined and also the blood concentrations and sensitivity conditions in humans residing in this rural area were investigated. The 108 soil (36 for control) and plant specimens were collected from eight different directions of the cement plant located in Cukurhisar town in Eskişehir city. Blood samples of the individuals residing in this area were taken from 258 subjects (258 for control) following a physical examination, and patch tests were also applied. The results show that the cadmium concentrations of the soil and plant specimens taken from different places in different directions of the factory were higher than in the control areas. The physical examination of subjects did not reveal results different from those of the control group except for the diagnosis of contact dermatitis. The analysis of venous blood samples showed that cadmium concentrations were found to be within the reference values given for both groups, but higher in the subjects (p<0.001). According to the results of patch tests, sensitivity to cadmium was found to be more frequent for the subject group than the control group (p<0.05). Those results show that, although clinical tools revealed no toxic effects for the subject, except contact dermatitis, the cement plant increases cadmium pollution on the surrounding environment.
水泥粉尘是环境污染的原因之一。在本研究中，测定了从一个受水泥厂排放影响的农村地区采集的土壤和植物样本中的镉浓度，并调查了该农村地区居民的血液镉浓度和敏感情况。从位于埃斯基谢希尔市库库尔希萨尔镇的水泥厂的八个不同方向采集了108份土壤样本（36份作为对照）和植物样本。在对该地区居民进行体检后，从258名受试者（258名作为对照）采集了血液样本，并进行了斑贴试验。结果表明，从工厂不同方向的不同地点采集的土壤和植物样本中的镉浓度高于对照区域。除了接触性皮炎的诊断外，受试者的体检结果与对照组没有差异。静脉血样本分析表明，两组的镉浓度均在参考值范围内，但受试者组的镉浓度更高（p<0.001）。根据斑贴试验结果，受试者组对镉的敏感性高于对照组（p<0.05）。这些结果表明，尽管临床检查未发现除接触性皮炎外受试者有其他毒性作用，但水泥厂增加了周围环境的镉污染。
