The College of Pharmacy at the University of Basrah discussed the master's thesis (Evaluation of biomarkers for the prediction of air pollution toxicity among workers in the oil wells area in the city of Muthanna, Iraq) by postgraduate master's student Maryam Riyad Abd al-Ridha Abbas
The thesis dealt with a study of the impact of occupational exposure to petroleum on the workers in the oil refinery, on the residents adjacent to the refinery, and on the residents far from the refinery.
The thesis included measuring a set of analyzes that are expected to be affected by excessive exposure to oil and its effect on the body
The thesis concluded that individuals who work or live near oil wells have significant changes in some blood, immune and inflammatory factors, as well as more production of reactive oxygen species, which indicates an increase in oxidative stress.
