Carcinogenic effects of plastic particulates in the air, water and food articles: A brief review article

Autor:	Jayshree Pandey, O.P. Singh, N. Sujatha, Shweta Shukla, Sakshi Negi
Jazyk:	angličtina
Rok vydání:	2018
Předmět:	Plastic container readymade food Particulate matter Miniscule quantities carcinogenic effects packed food Environmental sciences GE1-350
Zdroj:	Environment Conservation Journal, Vol 19, Iss 1&2 (2018)
Druh dokumentu:	article
ISSN:	0972-3099 2278-5124
DOI:	10.36953/ECJ.2018.191227
Popis:	In today's fast paced world, due to time crunch people are using packaged readymade food and water on a scale never seen before. Most of the packed food material, water and other beverages are served or sealed in plastic containers, plastic dissolves in miniscule quantities over a long period of time, which can lead to carcinogenic effects like respiratory, gastric tumours etc. Various short term and long-term research works are being done on this alarming condition. This article tries to throw some light on this Global health phenomena. The American Cancer Society estimates that 6% of cancers are related to environmental causes (https://www.polymersolutions.com).
Databáze:	Directory of Open Access Journals
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