Greener Journal of  Environment Management and Public Safety Vol. 3 (1), pp. 021-025, February 2014.  

ISSN: 2354-2276 

Research Paper

Manuscript Number: 042814207

 

Overview of Occupational Exposure to Petroleum Derivatives and Risk of Anemia in Petrol Station Workers

 

Muhammad Ahsan Riaz*¹, Beenish Ijaz²,

Ayesha Riaz³

 

¹Sustainable Development Study Centre (Environmental Sciences), GC University,

Lahore, Pakistan.

²College of Earth and Environmental Science. University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan.

³University of Sargodha Women Campus Faisalabad.

 

Emails: ²beenishribka @ gmail. com, ³ayeshariazrana @ gmail. com

 

*Corresponding Author’s Email: ahsanriaz123 @ gmail. com

Abstract:

Exposure to the aromatic hydrocarbon is a public health problem and threat to environment with proven harmful impact on humanity, including industrial workers and general population. Petrol station attendants are workers chronically exposed at least five year to petroleum derivatives primarily through inhalation of the volatile fraction of petrol during vehicle refueling. Significant include harmful health impacts on hematological feature of worker by causing anemia. The adverse health effects of gasoline exposure may be primarily related to the impairment of the haemopoietic system with bone marrow depression. In this overview study evaluate the expected toxic effects of workplace exposure to petrol products in gasoline filling worker.

Keyword: Anemia, Gasoline, Hematotoxicity, Petrol station workers. 

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