the hydrocarbon said to possess carcinogenic property
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Abstract. B[a]P (benzo[a]pyrene) has been used as a prototype carcinogenic PAH since its isolation from coal tar in the 1930's. One of its diol epoxides, BPDE-2, is considered its ultimate carcinogen on the basis of its binding to DNA, mutagenicity and extreme pulmonary carcinogenicity in newborn mice.
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The hydrocarbon said to possess carcinogenic property was Polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs).
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- These are the chemicals which was occurred naturally in coals and gasoline.
- PAH are spread when the substance like coal is burned.
- Inhaling the gas it will cause cancer and affect the lungs and kidney.
- According to the chemical reaction, when benzene and polynuclear hydrocarbons which are having two benzene rings and it combined together will become carcinogenic and toxic.
- This PAH is produced by 'thermal decomposition' of organic matter.
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