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Carcinogenic Nature of Emerging Contaminants: Havoc for Present and Gateway of Unhealthy Future

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The term emerging contaminants refers to those substances which are released in the environment and for which yet now no specific rules are established in order to analyse their impact on surrounding. These contaminants are released in water bodies ranging from freshwater, reservoirs, lakes, rivers as well as oceans. Mainly, the sources of these contaminants include industrial untreated waste, sewage plants, agricultural waste, etc. From a very large span of time, our earth is suffering from a dreadful disease called “pollution”, water pollution being one of the major topics of concern. In order to ensure that human health remains unaffected of these hazardous chemical suspended in water bodies, a number of safety standards have been established to check the negligible amount of contaminants entering into drinking water. But this method is not sufficient to control the appearance of multiple contaminants in water bodies which are the carriers of many diseases, cancer being one such dreadful threat for human society. There are various sources of emerging contaminants like pharmaceuticals, pesticides, plasticizers, personal care products, etc. This chapter presents details of various emerging contaminants specially focussing on carcinogenic ones and their harmful effect on human health. Arsenic, radon, hazardous waste, agricultural chemical, fluoride, etc., are discussed in detail focussing on their role in various types of cancer such as lungs, breast, kidney, bladder and liver. Moreover, it is crucially needed to find economical ways to treat these contaminated water in order to reduce risk of cancer.

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Sahoo, T. et al. (2021). Carcinogenic Nature of Emerging Contaminants: Havoc for Present and Gateway of Unhealthy Future. In: Kumar, M., Snow, D., Honda, R., Mukherjee, S. (eds) Contaminants in Drinking and Wastewater Sources. Springer Transactions in Civil and Environmental Engineering. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-4599-3_7

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