[Alcohol poisoning caused by homemade Arak and the necessity of applying the control system]

The Arak is a common alcoholic spirit in Syria, where it is produced in licensed enterprises and by some proud farmers that produce it from their grapes. However, this spirit is often produced outside the controls of the manufacturing cycle in terms of fermentation and distillation, thus exposing the consumers to risk of methanol poisoning, which confirms the need to submit Arak's production to the control as extremely essential. This study is based on a database built on a series of investigations of alcohol poisoning cases; methanol was detected and rated according to the standard chemical methods, where the results have been analyzed and treated by the statistical analysis method used in pharmaceutical research. The study showed the amount of variation in the concentration of methanol depending on the difference in the method of preparation fermenting grapes between domestic and industrial way. It also showed the role of repeated distillation to reduce the concentration of this toxic substance The results of the analysis reveal the importance of treating the high concentrations of methanol by the repeated distillation process to reach the allowable value, furthermore the importance of applying the control system to provide the quality of this popular spirit

[Evaluation of the levels of industrial cadmium in the worker's serum and defining its role in cancer disease]

Many studies show the toxic effects of cadmium and its active role in cancerous. So in this perspective, we try to investigate these toxic effects in workers of some specific industries with the cadmium is considered as one of its substance components, such as batteries pigments' and paintings. We analyze in our study the serum of some patients suffering by the cancer and working in direct contact with the cadmium, and compare the results with that concerning a sample of worker suffering by the cancer but working in industries clean by this material. To Perform our study, we use the atomic absorption spectrometer assay to calibrate the level of cadmium in the serum, and we follow the student test between groups in the statistical study of the laboratory results. This research shows the rising of the level of cadmium in the workers who are in direct contact with this material; where it reached the double of whom work in clean industries and it reveal its active role in the development of the cancer