Biography
Biography: Qixing Zhou
Abstract
Chemical pollution mainly refers to the pollution caused by agricultural chemicals, food additives, food packaging containers and industrial wastes, such as mercury, cadmium, lead, cyanide, organic phosphorus and other organic or inorganic compounds, namely, environmental pollution caused by the entry of chemicals or chemical pollutants into the environment. These chemicals involve in organic and inorganic substances, most of which are artificially produced by human activities. It is shown that about 140 chemicals have a carcinogenic effect on animals, in particular, there are about 40 human carcinogens and suspected carcinogens. About 80-85% of human cancer cases are associated with chemical carcinogens. In this report, 12 important chemicals that can induce cancer, including formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, tetrachloroethylene, and propylene epoxide will be analyzed and summarized, in particular, 8 emerging chemical pollutants with carcinogenic effects will be firstly expounded.