ABSTRACT

Background: Trace metals and elements are the vital component of the body but their excessive amount can be the hallmark for survival. Workmanship of industries like pharmaceutical, paint, and textile are more prone to accumulate them in their bodies and cause toxicity. Hair analysis of workers could be useful for criminal investigations. PIXE is technique which plays vital role in detection of elements and metals with fine accuracy to even less than 1 ppm (particles per million) and provides all present metallic profiles simultaneously. Method: PIXE is a novel technique used for identification of metals and advantageous over other methods due to its efficacy on the range of metals, the amount of the sample and the quickness. Samples of 31 people (related from three industries pharmaceutical, paint and textile) including 5 normal were analyzed for detection of trace elements from hair. Results: Trace metals (Se, Cr, Fe, Cu, Zn, and Ni) identified from workers of all three industries pharmaceutical, paint and textile with varying concentrations and with observable difference from control group (people not working in industry). Results are encouraging as it could have vital applications in forensic science as hair from crime scene could lead to significant information about the standard of living of person and ultimately to access him. Conclusion: Outcome of present study will help us to detection the toxicity of trace metals in workers expressing in terms of diseases and for identification purpose, it is a powerful marker in criminal investigation. Keywords: Forensic, metal, toxicity, hair, trace element

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https://doi.org/10.31032/IJBPAS/2019/8.11.4865