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Nov 12-13, 2018 | Paris, France

Nutraceuticals and Food Sciences

International Conference on

Nursing and Healthcare

Joint Event

Journal of Food science and Nutrition | Volume 1

Impacts of water pollution on food safety and health risk in india

Devendra J Haware

CSIR-CFTRI, India

ood safety is a major concern for the Indian public. Water is

an indispensable natural resource on the earth. Two-third

of the earth surface is covered by water. Water has extreme

importance for survival of all living organisms. The water

content in them is almost 70% of their body weight. Natural

resources is the important wealth, water is one of them. Water

is a wonder of the nature. “No life without water’’ is a common

saying depending upon the fact that water is one of the

naturally occurring important requirement of all life supporting

activities. Environmental pollution and food safety are two

of the most important issues. Water pollution; in particular,

have historically impacted on food safety which represents

an important threat to human health. Water scarcity, Toxic

metals, pesticide over-application, and chemical pollutants are

considered to be themost important factors impacting on food

safety in India. In India have led to the long-term use of waste-

water irrigation to fulfil the water requirements for agricultural

production. In some regions this has caused serious agricultural

land and food pollution, especially for heavy metals. It is

important, therefore, that issues threatening food safety such

as combined pesticide residues and toxic metal pollution are

addressed to reduce risks to human health. The increasing

negative effects on food safety from water pollution have put

more people at risk of carcinogenic diseases. Derived from

anthropogenic activities, nickel (Ni), Copper (Cu), Arsenic (As),

Mercury (Hg), Cadmium (Cd) and Lead (Pb) are considered

to be the most significant toxic metals influencing in water

pollution in India.