What is it about?
In the ceramic tile industry, heavy metals such as lead (Pb) and cadmium (Cd) are employed as coloring powders in various types of colored glaze. Workers exposed to glaze (glazers) are heavily exposed to these toxic metals in glazing departments.
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Why is it important?
We have shown for the first time that co-exposure to Cd and Pb can induce oxidative stress in glazers, resulting in increased lipid peroxidation and altered antioxidant enzymes of superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (CAT), and glutathione peroxidase (GPx).
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Writing this article was a great pleasure as it has co-authors with whom I have had long standing collaborations.
Maryam Hormozi
Zahedan University of Medical Sciences
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This page is a summary of: The biochemical effects of occupational exposure to lead and cadmium on markers of oxidative stress and antioxidant enzymes activity in the blood of glazers in tile industry, Toxicology and Industrial Health, April 2018, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/0748233718769526.
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