Journal of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology
SCOPUS
  • Year: 2024
  • Volume: 41
  • Issue: 2

Determination of the concentration of lead (PB) in blood and urine in the population residing near Yamuna region of Delhi-ncr

  • Author:
  • Achala Dwivedi1, Shrisha Singhania1, Lalit Chandrawanshi2, Anugya Agrawal3, Prashant Agrawal4,*
  • Total Page Count: 7
  • Page Number: 206 to 212

1Research Scholar, Department of forensic Science, Sharda School of Allied Health Sciences, Sharda University, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

2Associate Professor, Department of Forensic Science, Sharda School of Allied Health Sciences, Sharda University Sharda University, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

3Assistant Professor, Department of Forensic Science, School of Biomedical Science, Galgotia's University, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

4Professor, Department of Forensic Science, Sharda School of Allied Health Sciences, Sharda University Sharda University, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

*Corresponding Author Dr. Prashant Agrawal, Department of Forensic Science, School of Allied Health Sciences, Sharda University, Greater Noida, 201310, India, E-mail: prashant.agrawal@sharda.ac.in

Online published on 19 March, 2025.

Abstract

The study was conducted to evaluate the levels of Lead in blood and urine in the individuals of different age groups who are residing near Yamuna region of Delhi-NCR. The goal of the study is to analyse the concentration of the lead in exposed area and to increase the awareness regarding the health risk caused by lead in inhabitants of Yamuna region. A total number of 144 subjects were included in the present study. Urine and blood sample 144 each were taken from the selected subjects of age group 16-45 years. Blood and urine sample were further digested in the laboratory by using wet digestion method. Digestate was analysed with the help of Atomic absorption spectrophotometer (AAS) for the presence of Lead in blood and urine sample. The mean concentration of Lead in blood was found 22.05±1.06 μg/dl. The maximum concentration of lead was 59.32 μg/dl while minimum concentration was 0.68 μg/dl. The mean concentration of the Lead in urine was 0.54±0.03 mg/l. The maximum concentration was 1.53 mg/l while minimum was below the detection limit. The result shows that the people who are residing near Yamuna region may have health risk due to more lead concentration in their urine and blood. We need to monitor the concentration of lead due to industrial waste which is being released into the Yamuna River causing health issues in the human.

Keywords

Lead levels, Blood lead, Urine lead, Yamuna region