Ventilatory Impairment In Petrol Pump Workers.

The lung functions of 133 subjects (33 controls and 100 petrol pump workers) were studied. The study group comprised of healthy non-smoking males in the age group of 20-40 years working in different petrol pumps in Jammu city and its outskirts within a radius of 10 km for more than one year. The control group comprised of 33 healthy non-smoking adult males between the age group of 20-40 years working in the hospital. The results show that ventilatory efficiency of lung is decreased in petrol pump workers. The decline in lung functions in petrol pump workers could be due to exposure to petrol fuel vapours, diesel exhaust and airborne particulate matter at petrol pumps.

Study Of Malformations And Down Syndrome In India (SOMDI) : Delhi Region.

A total of 23,367 children born at Safdarjung hospital, New Delhi were examined for the incidence of congenital malformations as a part of multicentric project (SOMDI) funded by DAE. The study revealed 3.1% of still births, 1.46% of malformations. The frequency of malformations was more in babies born to rural mothers cum parents who were blood relatives. Amongst the malformations recorded central nervous system (Neural tube defect) malformations were more frequent (7.87/1000 births) followed by muscutoskeletal cum gastrointestinal type (3.08/1000 births) and multiple malformations (1.67/1000 births).