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Abstract

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).

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Plastic container readymade food Particulate matter Miniscule quantities carcinogenic effects packed food

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Pandey, J., Singh, O. ., Sujatha, N., Shukla, S., & Negi, S. (2018). Carcinogenic effects of plastic particulates in the air, water and food articles: A brief review article. Environment Conservation Journal, 19(1&2), 187–189. https://doi.org/10.36953/ECJ.2018.191227

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