Air pollution is involved in many pathologies. The pollutants act throughseveral mechanisms that can affect numerous physiological functions, includingreproduction. In this work we used a double approach to analyse the Volatile OrganicCompound (VOC) component in 4 different biosamples (whole blood, urine, humansemen and hairs) of young men (about 18 years old) living in the sadly famous areacalled "Land of fires" in Campania region (South-Western Italy), known to containthe largest illegal waste dump in Europe, in order to explore hypothesized correlationbetween VOCs in biofluid and man infertility due to environmental pollution. Thedouble approach is based on two different technologies: (a) SPME-GC/MS (SolidPhase Microextraction--Gas Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry) system and(b) array of gas sensors. The preliminary data seems to be compatible with the Eco-FoodFertility Project hypothesis that human semen is a good biological fluid to studyvolatile component as bioaccumulator of both exogenous and endogenous VOCs.
Double approach to study VOC composition in biofluids of young men living in the "Land of Fires" in Campania Region
V Longo;A Forleo;P Siciliano;S Capone;
2020
Abstract
Air pollution is involved in many pathologies. The pollutants act throughseveral mechanisms that can affect numerous physiological functions, includingreproduction. In this work we used a double approach to analyse the Volatile OrganicCompound (VOC) component in 4 different biosamples (whole blood, urine, humansemen and hairs) of young men (about 18 years old) living in the sadly famous areacalled "Land of fires" in Campania region (South-Western Italy), known to containthe largest illegal waste dump in Europe, in order to explore hypothesized correlationbetween VOCs in biofluid and man infertility due to environmental pollution. Thedouble approach is based on two different technologies: (a) SPME-GC/MS (SolidPhase Microextraction--Gas Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry) system and(b) array of gas sensors. The preliminary data seems to be compatible with the Eco-FoodFertility Project hypothesis that human semen is a good biological fluid to studyvolatile component as bioaccumulator of both exogenous and endogenous VOCs.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
