Concentrations of Heavy Metals in Hair of Sudanese Exploration Mining Gold Workers as Indicators of Environmental Pollution

The aim of this study was to determine the concentration of Fe, Cu, Zn and Pb in scalp hair of Sudanese exploration mining gold workers in El Abedea town and healthy volunteers from Khartoum, using the XRF method. The accuracy and precision of the method for the elements were evaluated through the analysis of a standard hair sample. Workers hair samples were classified corresponding to age, work duration, year of work and the area of the workplace of the participants. The results showed that the studied trace elements in both workers and control groups were positively skewed. In comparison with the control group, lower Fe, Cu, Zn and Pb were found in all studied exploration workers. Mihaira. H. Hddad | Rawia. A. Elobaid | Ahmed. H. Elfaki | Abeer Mohamed Khairy "Concentrations of Heavy Metals in Hair of Sudanese Exploration Mining (Gold) Workers as Indicators of Environmental Pollution" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-3 | Issue-5 , August 2019, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd26454.pdfPaper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/other-scientific-research-area/other/26454/concentrations-of-heavy-metals-in-hair-of-sudanese-exploration-mining-gold-workers-as-indicators-of-environmental-pollution/mihaira-h-hddad