Detection of heavy metals concentration in serum of industry plant employees in Koya city Iraq

Heavy metals are among the most important sorts of the contaminant in the health and environment. Beside the natural activities, almost all human activities also have a potential contribution to producing heavy metals as side effects. Migration of these contaminants into noncontaminated areas as dust or leachates through the soil and spreading of heavy metals containing sewage sludge are a few examples of events contributing towards contamination of the ecosystems. This study has attempted to establish an analysis method through validation against heavy metals in the serum [Aluminum (Al), Silver (Ag), Barium (Ba), Cadmium (Cd), Iron (Fe), Mercury (Hg), Manganese (Mn), Lead (Pb), Vanadium (V) and Zinc (Zn)] and Lipid profile [Cholesterol, TG, HDL, LDL and VLDL] in serum of (39) worker work in industrial plant employees in Koya city, Iraq (effected), and compare with the level of heavy metals and lipid profile in (39) healthy normal persons (control) using (ICP-OES) and find out the relevance of heavy metal and lipid profile after analyzing the distribution of heavy metal concentration and correlations between a control and effect groups and lipid profile. The data of the current study was expressed as mean, standard error of the mean (Mean ± S.E.M) and the SPSS (statistical package for social science) (Version 20) statistical software was used to analyze the data. Probably level of P value (P<0.05) level of significance was considered to be statistically significant. The results of this thesis showed significant differences of (Al, Ba, Cd, Fe, Pb, Zn, Hg, Mn, and V) levels in blood of both studied control and effected groups and P- value was less than (0.05), while no significant differences of (Ag) and lipid profile (Cholesterol, TG, HDL, LDL, VLDL) levels in blood of both studied control and effected groups observed and P- value was greater than (0.05).