Chapter 7
Carcinogenic Nature of Emerging
Contaminants: Havoc for Present
and Gateway of Unhealthy Future
Tejaswini Sahoo, Jnana Ranjan Sahu, Jagannath Panda, Priyanka Nayak,
Sraswati Soren, Sunil Kumar Sahoo, and Rojalin Sahu
7.1 Introduction
Cancer is a threat to the mankind, and it is growing at a rapid rate (Peto 2001).
Environmental pollution is one such major contributor to this disease, and hence, it
is demand of the time to eliminate these environmental factors in order to minimize
the occurrence of this disease. The concerned authorities reported that 90% of the
human cancer is originated due to environmental pollution (Fiore et al. 2019). The
factors responsible include radiation, smoking, occupational exposure, viruses, commercial chemicals, etc. (Williams 2019). Water is the life-giving assets and one of the
major carriers of diseases to food chain, ultimately reaching to human beings. Due
to rapid urbanization, commercialization, industrial activities, etc., a large number
of hazardous contaminants have found its way into water bodies, thereby leading to
great havoc on the ecosystem (Arora et al. 2018). Carcinogenic emerging contaminants in water bodies are a major reason to increase the risk to the disease on regular
exposure and utilization of this contaminated water. Water contamination is a serious
problem and gateway of an unhealthy future (Kunwar 2019; Dagdeviren and Robertson 2009). Human activities for their luxurious life are adding poisonous chemicals
of varieties of range into the water. On evaluation of the possibility of connection
between the cancer and drinking water, it can be identified that there are enough
contaminated chemicals to trigger these dreadful diseases (Tsuji et al. 2019). Before
reaching the tap, water can get contaminated at any point. Various kinds and amounts
of carcinogenic contaminants occurring in water may be due to many reasons like
contamination at the source, during treatment process, etc. (Chowdhary et al. 2020).
T. Sahoo · J. R. Sahu · J. Panda · P. Nayak · S. Soren · R. Sahu (B)
School of Applied Sciences, Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, Deemed to be University,
Bhubaneswar 751024, India
e-mail: rsahufch@kiit.ac.in
S. K. Sahoo
Health Physics Division, BARC, Mumbai, India
© Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021
M. Kumar et al. (eds.), Contaminants in Drinking and Wastewater Sources,
Springer Transactions in Civil and Environmental Engineering,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-4599-3_7
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Carcinogenic Nature of Emerging
Contaminants: Havoc for Present
and Gateway of Unhealthy Future
Tejaswini Sahoo, Jnana Ranjan Sahu, Jagannath Panda, Priyanka Nayak,
Sraswati Soren, Sunil Kumar Sahoo, and Rojalin Sahu
7.1 Introduction
Cancer is a threat to the mankind, and it is growing at a rapid rate (Peto 2001).
Environmental pollution is one such major contributor to this disease, and hence, it
is demand of the time to eliminate these environmental factors in order to minimize
the occurrence of this disease. The concerned authorities reported that 90% of the
human cancer is originated due to environmental pollution (Fiore et al. 2019). The
factors responsible include radiation, smoking, occupational exposure, viruses, commercial chemicals, etc. (Williams 2019). Water is the life-giving assets and one of the
major carriers of diseases to food chain, ultimately reaching to human beings. Due
to rapid urbanization, commercialization, industrial activities, etc., a large number
of hazardous contaminants have found its way into water bodies, thereby leading to
great havoc on the ecosystem (Arora et al. 2018). Carcinogenic emerging contaminants in water bodies are a major reason to increase the risk to the disease on regular
exposure and utilization of this contaminated water. Water contamination is a serious
problem and gateway of an unhealthy future (Kunwar 2019; Dagdeviren and Robertson 2009). Human activities for their luxurious life are adding poisonous chemicals
of varieties of range into the water. On evaluation of the possibility of connection
between the cancer and drinking water, it can be identified that there are enough
contaminated chemicals to trigger these dreadful diseases (Tsuji et al. 2019). Before
reaching the tap, water can get contaminated at any point. Various kinds and amounts
of carcinogenic contaminants occurring in water may be due to many reasons like
contamination at the source, during treatment process, etc. (Chowdhary et al. 2020).
T. Sahoo · J. R. Sahu · J. Panda · P. Nayak · S. Soren · R. Sahu (B)
School of Applied Sciences, Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, Deemed to be University,
Bhubaneswar 751024, India
e-mail: rsahufch@kiit.ac.in
S. K. Sahoo
Health Physics Division, BARC, Mumbai, India
© Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021
M. Kumar et al. (eds.), Contaminants in Drinking and Wastewater Sources,
Springer Transactions in Civil and Environmental Engineering,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-4599-3_7
159