Your shampoo may seem harmless, but it could be contributing to the formation of a mysterious, cancer-causing substance, a new study says. New research reveals that common household products such as shampoo can interact with disinfectants at U.S. wastewater treatment plants to form a little-studied class of cancer-causing substances. These substances, called nitrosamines, can end up in drinking water, experts say.
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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/shampoo-cosmetics-may-form-cancer-causing-substance-water-supplies
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/anne-minard
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/national-geographic-news
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/water-pollution
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/drinking-water
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/sewage-treatment-plants-stp
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/cancer
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/pesticides-and-toxins
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/research
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/united-states-america-us