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Which of the following in automobile exhaust can cause cancer?

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Correct Answer: Option D
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are formed during incomplete combustion. Domestic wood burning and road traffic are the major sources of PAHs. Exposure to PAH-containing substances increases the risk of cancer in humans. The carcinogenicity of PAHs is associated with the complexity of the molecule, i.e., increasing number of benzenoid rings, and with metabolic activation to reactive diol epoxide intermediates and their subsequent covalent binding to critical targets in DNA. Quantitative cancer risk estimates of PAHs as air pollutants are very uncertain because of the lack of useful, good-quality data.
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Beulah Durairaj
Beulah Durairaj 5 years ago
Option D is correct @Kiran Kumar.
Kiran Kumar
Kiran Kumar 5 years ago
Carbon monoxide