Genotoxicity Study with Special Reference to Comet Test in the Blood Cells of Workers Exposed to Sewage Water

Table 2

Levels of blood Pb, Cd, Fe, Zn, and TM of comet assay.

Factors	Control population	Affected group (workers)
Blood Pb ± SD (mg/L)	0.132 ± 0.093	0.386 ± 0.24
Blood Cd ± SD (mg/L)	0.0032 ± 0.004	0.016 ± 0.01
Blood Fe ± SD (mg/L)	1998.52 ± 52.66	1835 ± 147.92
Blood Zn ± SD (mg/L)	31.5 ± 1.80	29.43 ± 4.43
DNA damage study (TM), M ± SD	1.37 ± 0.37	4.35 ± 1.47