Effects of Asalouyeh s dust on Growth and Fetal Evolution in Rats

Background: The globe has become hotter and polluted. Asalouyeh in south of Iran is one of the most polluted areas of the world due to the heat and moisture and hydrocarbon microparticles. The aim of this study was to measure the effect of Asalouyeh region on growth and development of embryos. Methods: In this interventional study, 30 female rats were randomly divided into 3 equal groups (each group including 10 rats). The first group (control) was placed in an environment free of dust for three weeks. The second and third groups were subjected to air polluted machine in Gorgan (clean) and Asalouyeh for 21 days, respectively. Then, at the time of delivery, various factors such as height, weight, head circumference, abdomen, and tail length were measured and entered into SPSS 21. Independent-samples T-test and oneway ANOVA test was used. This proposal has accepted the IRCT number. Results: The results of this study have shown the effects of Asalouyeh s dust on some fetal evolutionary parameters such as maternal weight, fetal weight, head circumference and height had decreased significantly (P ≤ 0.05). However, non-significant changes were seen in the two other groups included the control group and the clean air group. (P> 0.05) Discussion and Conclusion: Assalouyeh s atmosphere containing infected microparticles which has high toxicity to fetal growth and development and most of its toxic effects on the development of the fetus and its organellation.

کلیدواژه ها:

Asaluyeh ، Embryo ، Rat ، DustMicroparticles ، Iran ، Hydrocarbon