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 Chromosomal Damage Risk Assessment to Benzene Exposure
           among Gasoline Station Workers in
            Bangkok Metropolitan, Thailand
             Tanasorn Tunsaringkarn1* Panthira Ketkaew2 Jamsai Suwansaksri3 Wattasit Siriwong1
                      Anusorn Rungsiyothin1 Kalaya Zapuang1 Mark Gregory Robson4,5,6
    1.   College of Public Health Sciences, Chulalongkorn University, Institute Building 2-3, Soi
         Chulalongkorn 62 Phyathai Rd, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
    2.   Department of chemistry, Faculty of Science, King Mongkut’s University of Technology
         Thonburi, Bangkok 10140, Thailand
    3.   Department of Clinical Chemistry, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Chulalongkorn University,
         Bangkok 10330, Thailand
    4.   School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Rutgers University, 59 Dudley Rd, Rm 204A
         Foran Hall New Brunswick, New Jersey 08854, USA
    5.   UMDNJ-School of Public Health, Piscataway, 65 Bergen St, Suite 701 Newark, New Jersey
         08854, USA
    6.   Thai Fogarty ITREOH Center, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
    * E-mail of the corresponding author: tkalayan@chula.ac.th


Abstract
This study was a cross-sectional survey study to assess relative risk (RR) of chromosomal damage through
benzene exposure in 45 gasoline stations workers compared to 30 controls in central area of Bangkok.
Sister chromatid exchange (SCE) is as genotoxic biomarker, performed in white blood cells, and blood
benzene level (BBL) is a biological marker of benzene exposure was performed by gas chromatography-
flame ionization detector (GC-FID) using modified headspace solid-phase micro-extraction (HS-SPME)
technique. The results showed that the average blood benzene level of these workers was significantly
higher than in the controls (p < 0.001) as well as the frequency of sister chromatid exchange. The sister
chromatid exchange was strongly and positively associated with blood benzene level of gasoline workers (p
< 0.001) with the chromosomal damage relative risk at 2.50 (p < 0.001).
Keywords: gasoline worker, benzene, sister chromatid exchange, chromosomal damage


1. Introduction
Air pollution has become to be a serious health problem in Bangkok, Thailand, especially among
occupational workers such as gasoline workers. Exposure to gasoline vapors is classified by the
International Agency for Research on Cancer as possible cancer risk in humans, mainly on the basis of the
established carcinogenicity of some chemical components such as benzene (IARC 1989). The mechanism
of benzene toxicity, particularly its leukemogenic effects, is far from being fully understood. Contamination
of the environment with volatile organic compounds (VOCs) has become an important issue, since many of
these compounds are toxic and may pose health risks of various concerns. To assess the biological risks
caused by gasoline vapor, by biological monitoring using biological marker of oxidative chromosomal
damage and repairing capacity (Lambert et al. 1982; Carrano et al. 1983), as frequency of sister chromatid
exchange (SCE) in gasoline workers, may provide useful information about the genotoxic risk associated
with exposure to this carcinogenic agent that is benzene. In major cities in Asia, the levels of ambient air
benzene are relatively high compared with those in Europe or in the United States (Leong & Laortanakul
2003) and there is high prevalence of cancer and leukemia related to petrol station density (Yimrungruang
et al. 2008; Chang et al. 2009; Weng et al. 2009). The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relative risk

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(RR) of chromosomal damage cause by benzene exposure in gasoline station workers in central area of
Bangkok, Pathumwan district, comparing to controls.


2. Research Methods


2.1 Population study
A cross sectional surveyed at 11 gasoline stations in Pathumwan district, Bangkok, Thailand, and collected
blood samples analysis from 45 gasoline workers, which 33 non-smokers and 12 smokers, compared to 30
non-smoker controls from April to June 2009. All subjects have given informed consent before the study.
The Ethical Review Committee for Research Involving Human Research Subjects, Health Science Group,
Chulalongkorn University, approved the study. All subjects were healthy and had worked more than six
months.


2.2 Sample collection
The venous blood samples were drawn from subjects during the 6-8 h shift work, 2 x 2 mL, using plastic
heparinized vacuum blood tube, stored at 4 °C, one SCE frequency analysis within 6 h and the other one
stored at -20 °C before benzene analysis within 1 month.


2.3 Sample analyses
The blood examination for SCE frequency was modified in manner suggested by Tucker and Preston
(1996). Aliquots of 0.5 mL of heparin zed blood samples, both worker and control groups, added to 5.0 mL
of the culture medium containing Roswell Park Memorial Institute medium (RPMI 1640, Hyclone, Utah,
USA), supplemented with 15% fetal bovine serum, 2.5% phytohemagglutinine (PHA, Sigma, Germany)
and 1% penicillin-streptomycin. Afterwards 100 µL of 1.3 mg/L 5′-bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU, Sigma
Chemical Co.) was added to the medium and additionally incubated in the dark room temperature for 96
hours. Immediately, added colchicine (0.2 µg/L, Sigma Chemical Co.), collected cultured cells and treated
with 0.075 mol/L potassium chloride (KCl) at 37 °C for 10 min to be fixed with methanol-acetic acid (3:1).
Standard harvest procedure was performed by a drop of harvested cell pellets spread on clean glass slide
and stained by Hoechst No.22358 plus Giemsa technique (Koto et al. 1975). Finally, the slides were
examined by a light microscope (Nikon E200) in regard to SCE frequency/metaphase cell. The total of 15
well-spread metaphases was evaluated in worker and control groups. Counting of SCE frequency was done
by using oil immersion.
Blood benzene determination was performed by GC-FID using modified HS-SPME technique
(Tunsaringkarn et al. 2004). Briefly, to 0.5 mL of blood sample in glass cap bottle was added 0.2 g of
sodium chloride, shaking vortex for 15 s, then controlled and absorbed by SPME in water bath at 50 °C
with vibrator for 20 min. Injected in GC (Varian CP 3800) at 220 °C with flame ionization detector at 220
°C (used column CP-SIL5 CB, split less). Oven temperature started at 50 °C for 10 min, then increased 5
°C/min until 90 °C and finally increased by 30 °C/min until 250 °C for 17 min. The quantity of blood
benzene was analyzed under relative intensity of chromatographic signal for 40 min. The Limit of
Detection (LOD) of benzene was 10.00 µg/L (ppb) and the average coefficient of determination (r2) was
0.999657.
Statistical analyses were carried out with the SPSS 17.0 statistical software (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL, USA).
Descriptive statistics were used for BBL and frequency of SCE in gasoline worker and control groups
which were presented as mean and standard error of the estimate (Mean ± SE). The comparison between
control and worker parameters were analyzed by independent-t test with a value p < 0.05 limitation. The
association between parameters and SCE was the estimated relationship of them by multiple linear
regression, which SCE as dependent variable, BBL, age, sex and cigarette smoking as independent
variables. The relative risk (RR) of chromosomal damage was calculated by comparing the proportion of

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workers with frequency of SCE higher than the mean plus standard error value of control to proportion of
workers with frequency of SCE lower than the mean plus standard error value of the control group. Chi-
square analysis was used to determined differences between groups in frequency distribution with 95%
confidence interval (CI).


3. Analysis results
A total of 75 subjects, 30 controls and 45 gasoline station workers, were included in this study. The average
age of worker and control groups was 31.2 ± 1.4 and 31.2 ± 1.8 years. The gasoline workers were 60%
male and 26.7% smoker while the controls were 60% male and all of them were non-smokers. The
frequency of SCE in workers and controls was 13.62 ± 0.24 and 6.97 ± 0.20 SCE/cell (Table 1 and Figure
1). Both, smoking and non-smoking workers, SCE frequencies were significantly higher than those of
controls (p < 0.001). SCE frequency in smokers had higher level than in non-smokers but there was no
significant difference. The average BBL of workers and controls was 302.84 ± 20.54 and 27.28 ± 15.31
µg/L, but workers had significantly higher levels than controls (p < 0.001) as shown in Table 1. But SCE
and BBL of male and female were not difference in each group. In addition, the benzene exposure risk ratio
(BBL of workers/controls) was 11.83 while the chromosomal damage risk ratio (SCE of workers/controls)
was 1.94.
The association between BBL and SCE frequency was analyzed by multiple linear regression with SCE as
dependent variable and BBL, age, sex and cigarette smoking as independent variables (Table 2). The
frequency of SCE was positively and significantly associated with BBL (p = 0.001). Age, sex and cigarette
smoking, were not significantly associated with SCE (p > 0.05). The frequencies of SCE were
dichromatomized into high- and low-frequency groups based on their means plus standard error of estimate
(SE) values of control group at 7.17 (6.97 + 0.2). The chromosomal damage relative risk of gasoline station
workers compared to controls was 2.50 (χ2–test, 95% CI = 1.17-5.34, p < 0.001).


4. Discussion
Volatile organic compound in gasoline is a common source of benzene which is classified as carcinogen. It
can cause serious health effects including genotoxicity. Biomarkers of response indicate biological or
biochemical changes in target tissue or surrogate from chemical action. The biomarkers commonly used are
chromosome aberration (CA), micronucleus (MN) and SCE. This study used SCE as genotoxic biomarker
and BBL as exposure biomarker. The results of this study showed significantly higher genotoxic or
chromosomal damage in gasoline workers than in controls which supported the previous studies
(Vijayalaxmi & Evans 1982; Celik & Akba 2005; Calderón-Ezquerro et al. 2007). The SCE frequency was
not effective for low smoker workers with less than 10 cigarettes a day (average number of cigarette
smoking 5.2 cigarette/day), but there was a trend of higher chromosomal damage in smokers than in non-
smokers. The comparison between smokers and non-smokers should be related to the number of cigarettes
smoked a day with a significant difference in moderate and heavy smoker (Vijayalaxmi & Evans 1982;
Celik & Akba 2005; Calderón-Ezquerro et al. 2007). The BBL of all workers was significantly higher than
in controls (p < 0.001), but BBL of smokers trending upwards compared to non-smokers, but not
significantly different, most non-smokers being women with higher heart rate than men (Ryan et al. 1994;
Stein et al. 1997). As the results of women were higher in BBL than in men with same rate of benzene
clearance, it may influence its internal exposure and cancer development. Gender affected more BBL than
benzene exposure from low cigarette smoking. In addition, BBL of all gasoline workers were higher than
the biological monitoring of occupationally exposed persons, an exposure equivalent for carcinogenic
working material (EKA-value) of 54 µg/L (Angerer et al. 1991). It should be considered that BBL in
workers was 5.6 folds of limited level, corresponding to high level of benzene exposure (11.83 folds of
exposure risk ratio) and this marker indicating that cells have been exposed to mutagen or carcinogen
(Keretetse et al. 2008). The frequency of SCE provided information of cumulative effects of carcinogens
which was associated with increased risk of cancer (1.9 folds of chromosomal damage risk ratio). The
results of this study indicated that the frequency of SCE was strongly associated to BBL (p < 0.001). With

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every increase of one year in age, the average SCE decreased by 0.25 whilst every increasing of BBL level
1 µg/L, the average SCE increased by 0.44. In fact, the average age of control group was not higher than
the average in the worker group. Age, cigarette smoking and sex were not significantly associated to
chromosomal damage. Some studies showed that no correlation between SCE frequency, duration of
exposure, smoking habit, and age (Hoet et al. 2009; Ulker et al. 2008). The gasoline workers had an
increased relative risk of chromosomal damage at 2.50 compared to controls (χ2–test, 95% CI = 1.17-5.34,
p < 0.001), which benzene exposure and chromosomal damage risk ratios of the workers were 11.93 and
1.94, respectively.
However, biomonitoring in peripheral lymphocytes served as an early indicator of chromosomal damage.
Biomonitoring of benzene exposure by using BBL among the gasoline workers should show the association
of cancer risk development in gasoline workers prompting to plan a screening program and primary
prevention for them to minimize the risk of cancer. Future studies of genotoxicity in smokers and non-
smokers comparison should cover a large population and take into consideration confounders such as age,
gender, smoking habits, alcohol consumption and family history of cancer.


Acknowledgments
This study was supported by Thai Fogarty ITREOH Center (D43 TW007849 NIH FIC), College of Public
Health Sciences, and Chulalongkorn University Centenary Academic Development Project, Bangkok,
Thailand. And, many thanks go to the gasoline station owners and their workers for the agreeable
collaboration. Last, but not least, thanks to Dr. Karl J. Neeser for his advice.


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Tanasorn Tunsaringkarn received her M.Sc. (Biochemistry) degree from Chulalongkorn University (CU)
in 1978. From 1978-2007, she worked as researcher for Institute of Health Research, CU and from 2007-
present as a faculty member, Assistant Dean and an executive board member at College of Public Health
Sciences (CPHS), CU . She is a member of the Asia Pacific Academic Consortium of Public Health
(APACPH). Her research interests include environmental health and toxicology.


Panthira Ketkaew- is the Head of Department of chemistry, Faculty of Science, King Mongkut’s
University of Technology Thonburi. She received her Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from Chiangmai

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University in 1975 and Doctoral degree in Chemistry Oklahoma State University in 1982. Her research
includes analytical environmental analyses and passive sampler.


Jamsai Suwansaksri received her M.Sc. (Toxicology) degree from Mahidol University in 1971, B.Sc.
(Occupational Health and safety) from SukhothaiThammathirat University in 2003 and B.Sc. (Medical
Technology) from Chiangmai University. She worked as lecturer/ assistant professor at Department of
Clinical Chemistry, Faculty of Medical Technology, Khonkaen University from 1969-1994. Now, she is an
associate professor at Department of Clinical Chemistry, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Chulalongkorn
University, Bangkok, Thailand.


Wattasit Siriwong is a faculty member, Assistant Dean, and an executive board member of the College of
Public Health Sciences (CPHS), Chulalongkorn University. He received a Bachelor of Science in
Biotechnology from Mahidol University, Master of Science degree in Environmental Science from
Thammasat University and his Doctoral degree in Environmental Management from Chulalongkorn
University. Dr. Wattasit is an active researcher in the field of environmental health. He is also a member of
the editorial board of International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health and Journal of
Health Research.


Anusorn Rungsiyothin received his B.Ed. degree in biology from Srinakharinwirot University in 1974. He
is a research-staff in laboratory of College of Public Health Sciences (CPHS), Chulalongkorn University.

Kalaya Zapuang received her B.Ed. degree from Chandrakasem Rajabhat University in 1974. She is a
research-staff at College of Public Health Sciences (CPHS), Chulalongkorn University.

Mark Gregory Robson Mark Gregory Robson is the Dean of Agricultural and Urban Programs and
Professor of Entomology at Rutgers University-School of Environmental and Biological Sciences and
Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New
Jersey (UMDNJ) School of Public Health (SPH). He graduated with a B.S. with High Honors (1977) M.S.
(1979) and Ph.D. (1988) from Rutgers University and M.P.H. (1995) from UMDNJ SPH. Dr. Robson
received an honorary doctoral degree in Public Health from Chulalongkorn University in 2010.




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                Table 1. BBL and frequency of SCE in controls and gasoline workers




                   Table 2. Association between SCE frequency and parameters




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         (a) Control group                             (b) Gasoline worker group
                          The symbol ( ) indicated sister chromatid separation.


                Figure 1. Sister chromatid exchanges of control and gasoline worker groups




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Chromosomal Damage Risk from Gasoline Worker Benzene Exposure

  • 1. Journal of Environment and Earth Science www.iiste.org ISSN 2224-3216 (Paper) ISSN 2225-0948 (Online) Vol 1, No.2, 2011 Chromosomal Damage Risk Assessment to Benzene Exposure among Gasoline Station Workers in Bangkok Metropolitan, Thailand Tanasorn Tunsaringkarn1* Panthira Ketkaew2 Jamsai Suwansaksri3 Wattasit Siriwong1 Anusorn Rungsiyothin1 Kalaya Zapuang1 Mark Gregory Robson4,5,6 1. College of Public Health Sciences, Chulalongkorn University, Institute Building 2-3, Soi Chulalongkorn 62 Phyathai Rd, Bangkok 10330, Thailand 2. Department of chemistry, Faculty of Science, King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi, Bangkok 10140, Thailand 3. Department of Clinical Chemistry, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand 4. School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Rutgers University, 59 Dudley Rd, Rm 204A Foran Hall New Brunswick, New Jersey 08854, USA 5. UMDNJ-School of Public Health, Piscataway, 65 Bergen St, Suite 701 Newark, New Jersey 08854, USA 6. Thai Fogarty ITREOH Center, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand * E-mail of the corresponding author: tkalayan@chula.ac.th Abstract This study was a cross-sectional survey study to assess relative risk (RR) of chromosomal damage through benzene exposure in 45 gasoline stations workers compared to 30 controls in central area of Bangkok. Sister chromatid exchange (SCE) is as genotoxic biomarker, performed in white blood cells, and blood benzene level (BBL) is a biological marker of benzene exposure was performed by gas chromatography- flame ionization detector (GC-FID) using modified headspace solid-phase micro-extraction (HS-SPME) technique. The results showed that the average blood benzene level of these workers was significantly higher than in the controls (p < 0.001) as well as the frequency of sister chromatid exchange. The sister chromatid exchange was strongly and positively associated with blood benzene level of gasoline workers (p < 0.001) with the chromosomal damage relative risk at 2.50 (p < 0.001). Keywords: gasoline worker, benzene, sister chromatid exchange, chromosomal damage 1. Introduction Air pollution has become to be a serious health problem in Bangkok, Thailand, especially among occupational workers such as gasoline workers. Exposure to gasoline vapors is classified by the International Agency for Research on Cancer as possible cancer risk in humans, mainly on the basis of the established carcinogenicity of some chemical components such as benzene (IARC 1989). The mechanism of benzene toxicity, particularly its leukemogenic effects, is far from being fully understood. Contamination of the environment with volatile organic compounds (VOCs) has become an important issue, since many of these compounds are toxic and may pose health risks of various concerns. To assess the biological risks caused by gasoline vapor, by biological monitoring using biological marker of oxidative chromosomal damage and repairing capacity (Lambert et al. 1982; Carrano et al. 1983), as frequency of sister chromatid exchange (SCE) in gasoline workers, may provide useful information about the genotoxic risk associated with exposure to this carcinogenic agent that is benzene. In major cities in Asia, the levels of ambient air benzene are relatively high compared with those in Europe or in the United States (Leong & Laortanakul 2003) and there is high prevalence of cancer and leukemia related to petrol station density (Yimrungruang et al. 2008; Chang et al. 2009; Weng et al. 2009). The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relative risk 37 | P a g e www.iiste.org
  • 2. Journal of Environment and Earth Science www.iiste.org ISSN 2224-3216 (Paper) ISSN 2225-0948 (Online) Vol 1, No.2, 2011 (RR) of chromosomal damage cause by benzene exposure in gasoline station workers in central area of Bangkok, Pathumwan district, comparing to controls. 2. Research Methods 2.1 Population study A cross sectional surveyed at 11 gasoline stations in Pathumwan district, Bangkok, Thailand, and collected blood samples analysis from 45 gasoline workers, which 33 non-smokers and 12 smokers, compared to 30 non-smoker controls from April to June 2009. All subjects have given informed consent before the study. The Ethical Review Committee for Research Involving Human Research Subjects, Health Science Group, Chulalongkorn University, approved the study. All subjects were healthy and had worked more than six months. 2.2 Sample collection The venous blood samples were drawn from subjects during the 6-8 h shift work, 2 x 2 mL, using plastic heparinized vacuum blood tube, stored at 4 °C, one SCE frequency analysis within 6 h and the other one stored at -20 °C before benzene analysis within 1 month. 2.3 Sample analyses The blood examination for SCE frequency was modified in manner suggested by Tucker and Preston (1996). Aliquots of 0.5 mL of heparin zed blood samples, both worker and control groups, added to 5.0 mL of the culture medium containing Roswell Park Memorial Institute medium (RPMI 1640, Hyclone, Utah, USA), supplemented with 15% fetal bovine serum, 2.5% phytohemagglutinine (PHA, Sigma, Germany) and 1% penicillin-streptomycin. Afterwards 100 µL of 1.3 mg/L 5′-bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU, Sigma Chemical Co.) was added to the medium and additionally incubated in the dark room temperature for 96 hours. Immediately, added colchicine (0.2 µg/L, Sigma Chemical Co.), collected cultured cells and treated with 0.075 mol/L potassium chloride (KCl) at 37 °C for 10 min to be fixed with methanol-acetic acid (3:1). Standard harvest procedure was performed by a drop of harvested cell pellets spread on clean glass slide and stained by Hoechst No.22358 plus Giemsa technique (Koto et al. 1975). Finally, the slides were examined by a light microscope (Nikon E200) in regard to SCE frequency/metaphase cell. The total of 15 well-spread metaphases was evaluated in worker and control groups. Counting of SCE frequency was done by using oil immersion. Blood benzene determination was performed by GC-FID using modified HS-SPME technique (Tunsaringkarn et al. 2004). Briefly, to 0.5 mL of blood sample in glass cap bottle was added 0.2 g of sodium chloride, shaking vortex for 15 s, then controlled and absorbed by SPME in water bath at 50 °C with vibrator for 20 min. Injected in GC (Varian CP 3800) at 220 °C with flame ionization detector at 220 °C (used column CP-SIL5 CB, split less). Oven temperature started at 50 °C for 10 min, then increased 5 °C/min until 90 °C and finally increased by 30 °C/min until 250 °C for 17 min. The quantity of blood benzene was analyzed under relative intensity of chromatographic signal for 40 min. The Limit of Detection (LOD) of benzene was 10.00 µg/L (ppb) and the average coefficient of determination (r2) was 0.999657. Statistical analyses were carried out with the SPSS 17.0 statistical software (SPSS Inc., Chicago, IL, USA). Descriptive statistics were used for BBL and frequency of SCE in gasoline worker and control groups which were presented as mean and standard error of the estimate (Mean ± SE). The comparison between control and worker parameters were analyzed by independent-t test with a value p < 0.05 limitation. The association between parameters and SCE was the estimated relationship of them by multiple linear regression, which SCE as dependent variable, BBL, age, sex and cigarette smoking as independent variables. The relative risk (RR) of chromosomal damage was calculated by comparing the proportion of 38 | P a g e www.iiste.org
  • 3. Journal of Environment and Earth Science www.iiste.org ISSN 2224-3216 (Paper) ISSN 2225-0948 (Online) Vol 1, No.2, 2011 workers with frequency of SCE higher than the mean plus standard error value of control to proportion of workers with frequency of SCE lower than the mean plus standard error value of the control group. Chi- square analysis was used to determined differences between groups in frequency distribution with 95% confidence interval (CI). 3. Analysis results A total of 75 subjects, 30 controls and 45 gasoline station workers, were included in this study. The average age of worker and control groups was 31.2 ± 1.4 and 31.2 ± 1.8 years. The gasoline workers were 60% male and 26.7% smoker while the controls were 60% male and all of them were non-smokers. The frequency of SCE in workers and controls was 13.62 ± 0.24 and 6.97 ± 0.20 SCE/cell (Table 1 and Figure 1). Both, smoking and non-smoking workers, SCE frequencies were significantly higher than those of controls (p < 0.001). SCE frequency in smokers had higher level than in non-smokers but there was no significant difference. The average BBL of workers and controls was 302.84 ± 20.54 and 27.28 ± 15.31 µg/L, but workers had significantly higher levels than controls (p < 0.001) as shown in Table 1. But SCE and BBL of male and female were not difference in each group. In addition, the benzene exposure risk ratio (BBL of workers/controls) was 11.83 while the chromosomal damage risk ratio (SCE of workers/controls) was 1.94. The association between BBL and SCE frequency was analyzed by multiple linear regression with SCE as dependent variable and BBL, age, sex and cigarette smoking as independent variables (Table 2). The frequency of SCE was positively and significantly associated with BBL (p = 0.001). Age, sex and cigarette smoking, were not significantly associated with SCE (p > 0.05). The frequencies of SCE were dichromatomized into high- and low-frequency groups based on their means plus standard error of estimate (SE) values of control group at 7.17 (6.97 + 0.2). The chromosomal damage relative risk of gasoline station workers compared to controls was 2.50 (χ2–test, 95% CI = 1.17-5.34, p < 0.001). 4. Discussion Volatile organic compound in gasoline is a common source of benzene which is classified as carcinogen. It can cause serious health effects including genotoxicity. Biomarkers of response indicate biological or biochemical changes in target tissue or surrogate from chemical action. The biomarkers commonly used are chromosome aberration (CA), micronucleus (MN) and SCE. This study used SCE as genotoxic biomarker and BBL as exposure biomarker. The results of this study showed significantly higher genotoxic or chromosomal damage in gasoline workers than in controls which supported the previous studies (Vijayalaxmi & Evans 1982; Celik & Akba 2005; Calderón-Ezquerro et al. 2007). The SCE frequency was not effective for low smoker workers with less than 10 cigarettes a day (average number of cigarette smoking 5.2 cigarette/day), but there was a trend of higher chromosomal damage in smokers than in non- smokers. The comparison between smokers and non-smokers should be related to the number of cigarettes smoked a day with a significant difference in moderate and heavy smoker (Vijayalaxmi & Evans 1982; Celik & Akba 2005; Calderón-Ezquerro et al. 2007). The BBL of all workers was significantly higher than in controls (p < 0.001), but BBL of smokers trending upwards compared to non-smokers, but not significantly different, most non-smokers being women with higher heart rate than men (Ryan et al. 1994; Stein et al. 1997). As the results of women were higher in BBL than in men with same rate of benzene clearance, it may influence its internal exposure and cancer development. Gender affected more BBL than benzene exposure from low cigarette smoking. In addition, BBL of all gasoline workers were higher than the biological monitoring of occupationally exposed persons, an exposure equivalent for carcinogenic working material (EKA-value) of 54 µg/L (Angerer et al. 1991). It should be considered that BBL in workers was 5.6 folds of limited level, corresponding to high level of benzene exposure (11.83 folds of exposure risk ratio) and this marker indicating that cells have been exposed to mutagen or carcinogen (Keretetse et al. 2008). The frequency of SCE provided information of cumulative effects of carcinogens which was associated with increased risk of cancer (1.9 folds of chromosomal damage risk ratio). The results of this study indicated that the frequency of SCE was strongly associated to BBL (p < 0.001). With 39 | P a g e www.iiste.org
  • 4. Journal of Environment and Earth Science www.iiste.org ISSN 2224-3216 (Paper) ISSN 2225-0948 (Online) Vol 1, No.2, 2011 every increase of one year in age, the average SCE decreased by 0.25 whilst every increasing of BBL level 1 µg/L, the average SCE increased by 0.44. In fact, the average age of control group was not higher than the average in the worker group. Age, cigarette smoking and sex were not significantly associated to chromosomal damage. Some studies showed that no correlation between SCE frequency, duration of exposure, smoking habit, and age (Hoet et al. 2009; Ulker et al. 2008). The gasoline workers had an increased relative risk of chromosomal damage at 2.50 compared to controls (χ2–test, 95% CI = 1.17-5.34, p < 0.001), which benzene exposure and chromosomal damage risk ratios of the workers were 11.93 and 1.94, respectively. However, biomonitoring in peripheral lymphocytes served as an early indicator of chromosomal damage. Biomonitoring of benzene exposure by using BBL among the gasoline workers should show the association of cancer risk development in gasoline workers prompting to plan a screening program and primary prevention for them to minimize the risk of cancer. Future studies of genotoxicity in smokers and non- smokers comparison should cover a large population and take into consideration confounders such as age, gender, smoking habits, alcohol consumption and family history of cancer. Acknowledgments This study was supported by Thai Fogarty ITREOH Center (D43 TW007849 NIH FIC), College of Public Health Sciences, and Chulalongkorn University Centenary Academic Development Project, Bangkok, Thailand. And, many thanks go to the gasoline station owners and their workers for the agreeable collaboration. Last, but not least, thanks to Dr. Karl J. Neeser for his advice. References Angerer, J., Seherer, G., Sehaller, K.H., & Müller, J. (1991), “The determination of benzene in human blood as an indicator of environmental exposure to volatile aromatic compounds”, Fresenius Journal of Analytical Chemistry 339, 740-742. Calderón-Ezquerro, C., Sánchez-Reyes, A., Sansores, R.H., Villalobos-Pietrini, R., Amador-Muñoz, O., Guerrero-Guerra, C., Calderón-Segura, M.E., Uribe-Hernández, R., Gómez-Arroyo, S. (2007), “Cell proliferation kinetics and genotoxicity in lymphocytes of smokers living in Mexico City”, Human Experimental Toxicology 26(9), 715-722. Carrano, A.V., & Natarajan A.T. (1988), “Considerations for population monitoring using cytogenetic techniques”, Mutation Research 204, 379-406. Celik, K.A., & Akba S.E. (2005), “Evaluation of sister chromatid exchange and chromosomal aberration frequencies in peripheral blood lymphocytes of gasoline station attendants”, Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety 60(1), 106-112. Chang, C.C., Tsai, S.S., Chiu, H.F., Wu, T.N., & Yang C.Y. (2009), “Traffic air pollution and lung cancer in females in Taiwan: petrol station density as an indicator of disease development”, Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Part A 72(10), 651-657. Hoet, P. De Smedt, E., Ferrari, M., Imbriani, M., Maestri, L., Negri, S., De Wilde, P., Lison, D., & Haufroid, V. (2009), “Evaluation of urinary biomarkers of exposure to benzene: correlation with blood benzene and influence of confounding factors”, International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health 82, 985-995. IARC (International Agency For Research On Cancer). (1989), “Occupational exposures in petroleum refining; crude oil and major petroleum fuels”, Monographs on the evaluation of carcinogenic risks to humans. Vol. 45, Lyon, France. Keretetse, G.S., P. J. Laubscher, P.J., Du Plessis, J.L., Pretorius, P.J., Van Der Westhuizen, F.H., Van Deventer, E., Van Dyk, E., Eloff, F.C., Van Aarde, M.N., & Du Plessis, L.H. (2008), “DNA damage and repair detected by the comet assay in lymphocytes of African petrol attendants: A pilot study”. Annals of Occupational Hygiene 52(7), 653-662. 40 | P a g e www.iiste.org
  • 5. Journal of Environment and Earth Science www.iiste.org ISSN 2224-3216 (Paper) ISSN 2225-0948 (Online) Vol 1, No.2, 2011 Koto, K., Akematsu, T., Shimadsu, H., & Sugiyama, T. (1975), “Simple differential geimsa staining of sister chromatid after exposure to light and the mechanism of staining”, Chromosoma (Berl.) Springer- Verlag 53, 223-230. Lambert, B.A. Lindblad K, Holmberg K., & Francesconi, S. (1982), “The use of sister chromatid exchanges to monitor human populations for exposure to toxicologically harmful agents”, in: Wolff, S., (Ed.), Sister Chromatid Exchange, New York, Wiley-Interscience, pp. 149-182. Leong, S.T., & Laortanakul, P. (2003), “Indicators of benzene emissions and exposure in Bangkok street”, Environmental Research 92(3), 173-181. Pitarque, M., Carbonell, E., Lapeña, N., Marsá, M., Valbuena, A., Creus, A., & Marcos, R. (1997), “SCE analysis in peripheral blood lymphocytes of a group of filling station attendants” Mutation Research 390(1- 2), 153-159. Ryan, S.M., Goldberger, A.L., Pincus, S.M., Mietus, J., & Lipsitz, L.A. (1994), “Gender- and age-related differences in heart rate dynamics: are women more complex than men?”, Journal of the American College of Cardiology 24(7), 1700-1707. Soogarun, S., Suwansaksri, J., & Wiwannitkit, V. (2006), “High sister chromatid exchange among a sample of traffic policemen in Bangkok, Thailand”, Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health 37(3), 578-580. Stein, P.K., Kleiger, R.E., & Rottman, J.N. (1997), “Differing effects of age on heart rate variability in men and women”, American Journal of Cardiology 80(3), 302-305. Tucker, J.D., & Preston R.J. (1996), “Chromosome aberrations, micronuclei, aneuploidy, sister chromatid exchanges, and cancer risk assessment”, Mutation Research 363, 147–159. Tunsaringkarn, T., Choochat, N., & Theppitaksak, B. (2004), “Headspace-Solid Phase Micro-extraction for determination of benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, xylene and mtbe in blood”, Thai Journal of Health Research 18(1), 50-59. Ulker, O.C., Ustundag, A., Duydu, Y., Yucesoy, B., & Karakaya, A. (2008), “Cytogenetic monitoring of coal workers and patients with coal workers’pneumoconiosis in Turkey”, Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis 49, 232-237. Vijayalaxmi., & Evans, H.J. (1982), “In vivo and in vitro effects of cigarette smoke on chromosomal damage and sister-chromatid exchange in human peripheral blood lymphocytes”, Mutation Research 92(1- 2), 321-322. Weng, H.H., Tsai, S.S., Chiu, H.F., Wu, T.N., & Yang, C.Y. (2009), “Childhood leukemia and traffic air pollution in Taiwan: petrol station density as an indicator”, Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Part A 72(2), 83-87. Yimrungruang, D., Cheevaporn, V., Boonphakdee, T., Watchalayann, P., & Helander, H.F. (2008), “Characterization and health risk assessment of volatile organic compounds in gas service station workers”, EnvironmentAsia 2, 21-29. Zhou, X., Li, L., Cui, M., Yu, RF., Li, L., & Yan, Z.A. (1986), “Cytogenetic monitoring of petrochemical workers”, Mutation Research 175, 237-242. Tanasorn Tunsaringkarn received her M.Sc. (Biochemistry) degree from Chulalongkorn University (CU) in 1978. From 1978-2007, she worked as researcher for Institute of Health Research, CU and from 2007- present as a faculty member, Assistant Dean and an executive board member at College of Public Health Sciences (CPHS), CU . She is a member of the Asia Pacific Academic Consortium of Public Health (APACPH). Her research interests include environmental health and toxicology. Panthira Ketkaew- is the Head of Department of chemistry, Faculty of Science, King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi. She received her Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from Chiangmai 41 | P a g e www.iiste.org
  • 6. Journal of Environment and Earth Science www.iiste.org ISSN 2224-3216 (Paper) ISSN 2225-0948 (Online) Vol 1, No.2, 2011 University in 1975 and Doctoral degree in Chemistry Oklahoma State University in 1982. Her research includes analytical environmental analyses and passive sampler. Jamsai Suwansaksri received her M.Sc. (Toxicology) degree from Mahidol University in 1971, B.Sc. (Occupational Health and safety) from SukhothaiThammathirat University in 2003 and B.Sc. (Medical Technology) from Chiangmai University. She worked as lecturer/ assistant professor at Department of Clinical Chemistry, Faculty of Medical Technology, Khonkaen University from 1969-1994. Now, she is an associate professor at Department of Clinical Chemistry, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand. Wattasit Siriwong is a faculty member, Assistant Dean, and an executive board member of the College of Public Health Sciences (CPHS), Chulalongkorn University. He received a Bachelor of Science in Biotechnology from Mahidol University, Master of Science degree in Environmental Science from Thammasat University and his Doctoral degree in Environmental Management from Chulalongkorn University. Dr. Wattasit is an active researcher in the field of environmental health. He is also a member of the editorial board of International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health and Journal of Health Research. Anusorn Rungsiyothin received his B.Ed. degree in biology from Srinakharinwirot University in 1974. He is a research-staff in laboratory of College of Public Health Sciences (CPHS), Chulalongkorn University. Kalaya Zapuang received her B.Ed. degree from Chandrakasem Rajabhat University in 1974. She is a research-staff at College of Public Health Sciences (CPHS), Chulalongkorn University. Mark Gregory Robson Mark Gregory Robson is the Dean of Agricultural and Urban Programs and Professor of Entomology at Rutgers University-School of Environmental and Biological Sciences and Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ) School of Public Health (SPH). He graduated with a B.S. with High Honors (1977) M.S. (1979) and Ph.D. (1988) from Rutgers University and M.P.H. (1995) from UMDNJ SPH. Dr. Robson received an honorary doctoral degree in Public Health from Chulalongkorn University in 2010. 42 | P a g e www.iiste.org
  • 7. Journal of Environment and Earth Science www.iiste.org ISSN 2224-3216 (Paper) ISSN 2225-0948 (Online) Vol 1, No.2, 2011 Table 1. BBL and frequency of SCE in controls and gasoline workers Table 2. Association between SCE frequency and parameters 43 | P a g e www.iiste.org
  • 8. Journal of Environment and Earth Science www.iiste.org ISSN 2224-3216 (Paper) ISSN 2225-0948 (Online) Vol 1, No.2, 2011 (a) Control group (b) Gasoline worker group The symbol ( ) indicated sister chromatid separation. Figure 1. Sister chromatid exchanges of control and gasoline worker groups 44 | P a g e www.iiste.org
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