Abstract

GONZALEZ TORRES, Henry J; MORENO ROSSI, Alberto  and  QUINTANA SOSA, Milton. Genotoxiceffect of complex hydrocarbon mixtures in workers gasoline service stations. Salud, Barranquilla [online]. 2015, vol.31, n.1, pp.91-100. ISSN 0120-5552.

Objective: To evaluate the genotoxic effects of complex mixtures of hydrocarbons in gasoline stations's workers in Barranquilla (Atlántico, Colombia) using the alkaline Comet Assay (CA). Materials and methods: Study was transversal, prospective inferential of case and control. The controls were 15 persons without occupationally exposed to hydrocarbons and the exposed were 38 persons that were working at least one year as fuel dispenser. The alkaline Comet Assay was performed on venous blood. Genotoxic effects was determined throug DNA percentage in tail and damage Arbitrary Units. The comparison between groups was performed by t-student or W-Wilcoxon test. The data were modeled with a simple regression adjusted. The data analyses were performed with the statistical package R. Results: Age of control and experimental groups were 33±9 and 38±10 years respectively, there was no statistically significant difference for this variable (t = -1.82; p-value > 0.05; a = 95 %). There was an association between Age and Exposure Time (x² = 24.9; p-value < 0.05, a = 95%). The %DNA tail for the control group was 20.67 ± 25.79, while for the exposed group was 53.35± 40.28. The DNA degradation model is «y=√ (512.687+733,899√ (t))». Conclusions: The complex mixtures of heterocyclic are potentially genotoxic. As the progressive damage is 80 % after 6 years of exposure, being equal damage to the 9 to 15 years of exposure.

Keywords : DNA damage; mutagenesis; hydrocarbons; polycyclic compounds; comet assay.

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