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3452092 
Technical Report 
Global distribution of carcinogenic pollutants in water 
Kraybill, HF 
1977 
PESTAB/77/2592 
NY Acad 
80-89 
English 
Problems associated with the management and control of carcinogenic pollutants are discussed. Sources of contamination, occurrence and frequency of distribution of contaminants, and treatment method are considered. Pesticide contaminants considered include aldrin, dieldrin, endrin, heptachlor, DDT, DDE, chlordane, BHC, and lindane. Research is needed to establish the relative hazard of micropollutants as contributors to the total environmental stress in cancer induction. It is suggested that concentrated mixtures and fractions of these water contaminants need to be studied in the laboratory to attempt to establish causal relations between them and cancer induction, and to establish possible synergistic effects.