Author(s): Piyali Mishra, Madhab Chandra Ghosh and Krishna Banerjee (Biswas)

Abstract:
Air pollution has become one of the health hazards of today’s world. It is now well known fact the exercises in the form of sports, aerobics or workouts, if performed regularly have a positive impact on various system of the body. But during exercising one should avoid areas with high pollutant concentrations. The study was carried out to observe whether environmental air pollution has any effect on hematological parameters of female athletes of two different polluted zones of west Bengal. Two different zones (Cooch Behar -A B N Seal College, Howrah -Betore) with their respective climate condition of West Bengal, India were selected for the present study. The air quality of these different zones was collected from WBPCB for comparative study of air pollution from January 2017 to February 2017. The total number of 20 female athletes aged 18-25 years undergoing regular training program for a minimum period of 3 years and having participation in national /state/district level sports competitions and residents of that particular area for the past 5 years or more were enrolled as subjects of this study. They were subdivided into two groups according to their residence of particular zone. Selected physical profile, hematological profile and air pollutants were measured. There was no significant difference between female athletes of Cooch Behar and Howrah zones in respect of height, weight and BSA and BMI. Hb concentration, RBC count, PCV%, MCH and MCHC were significantly higher (p<0.01) in Cooch Behar female athletes than Howrah female athletes. WBC (p<0.01) and platelet count (p<0.05) were significantly higher in Howrah female athletes than Cooch Behar female athletes. No significant differences were obtained in MCV although values were higher in Cooch Behar athletes. Values of PM10 of Howrah zone was much more than the national ambient air quality standards. In the case of SO₂ concentration in air, all these zones are below the standard level. Though the NO₂ of Howrah and Cooch Behar zones are below the standard level, the Howrah zone is very near to cross the standard level.

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