A ANALYSIS OF LEAD (PB) HEAVY METAL LEVELS IN HAIR OF EMPLOYEES OF CAR SHOWROOM 'X' WITH ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROPHOTOMETER (AAS) METHOD

Authors

  • Khairunnisa Khairunnisa Sari Mulia University
  • Tuti Alawiyah Sari Mulia University
  • Nur Hidayah Sari Mulia University

Keywords:

Hair, Approachor, Workshop, Lead

Abstract

Background: Lead (Pb) is one of heavy metals that can cause poisoning. Exposure to air containing lead is caused by the use of fuel and paints that contain lead. Lead enters the human body through the digestive tract, respiration, and penetrates the skin where it accumulates in hair tissue.

Objective: Identify the element of lead in the body of car showroom employees and determine the effect of differences in the types of work of workshop and approachor employees’s lead levels.

Methods: This research design used observational analytic with cross sectional design. Population and sample are 12 car showroom employees ‘X’ taken by purposive sampling technique. Statistic data were analyzed using Independent sample t-test with 95% of confidence level.

Results: The average lead level in workshop employees is 16,287 mg/kg and the average lead level for approachor is 20,56 mg kg-ˡ. Based on the analysis using the Independent sample t-test, the value of p = 0,220 (p> 0.05) showed that there is no effect of the type of employees’s  work on lead level in the  hair of the car showroom employees ‘X’.

Conclusion: The difference in the average lead level are caused approacher’s employees is more expose to lead emmisions and lead paint compared to workshop’s employees whose only exposed to lead emission.

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2021-09-28

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Vol. 1 No. 1 (2021): International Conference on Health Science

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