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carcinogen
carcinogen - A substance capable of inducing cancer in an organism. [FAO] News archive for carcinogen. KTAR.com,Formaldehyde is a suspected carcinogen and known irritant, and comes from glue used in making of pressed-fiber products, such as plywood, carpet, What harm can a good steak do? - 21 Aug 2007 Seantobia Democrat,..."When you grill meat some of the fat (drips) down on to the charcoal and when fat meets that really high temperature it develops a carcinogen and the smoke Rail link support still sought - 21 Aug 2007 Camden Advertiser,...amount of nitrogen dioxide as are train passengers and three times the amount of benzene, a carcinogen. cubic centimetre each time a truck went past. Acrylamide not linked to breast cancer: study - 21 Aug 2007 CTV.ca,This latest epidemiological study is the largest to date exploring the possible link between the "probable human carcinogen" and cancer in humans, Food Safety Authority Shoots the Messenger - 21 Aug 2007 Scoop.co.nz,..."Methanol is a metabolic poison which, in the absence of ethanol (such as in fruits) is unstable and breaks down into formaldehyde, a poison and carcinogen, News in Brief - 21 Aug 2007 Times Online,...the disease and a chemical called dietary acrylamide, which is found in foods baked and fried at high temperatures and was thought to be a carcinogen. Nuclear Info Kept From Congress and the Public - 21 Aug 2007 SlashdotYou better believe that a solution of highly enriched uranium is a carcinogen, if that stuff were to be spilled more often or even to pollute the water NZFSA Attempts to Stumble public on Aspartame - 21 Aug 2007 Scoop.co.nz,In the Ramazzini Study in Italy in 2005 proving aspartame to be a multipotential carcinogen even the rats hair turned yellow from the formaldehyde. Oklahoma City Officials Found Guilty of Environmental Crimes ... - 21 Aug 2007 U.S. EPA.gov (press release),Asbestos, which is commonly used in thermal insulation and other building materials, is a carcinogen and exposure can result in serious or fatal respiratory Business news and notes - 21 Aug 2007 Agri News,8 its Decision Not to Initiate a Special Review of 2,4-D because its findings concluded 2,4-D is not a carcinogen. "The EPA's recent announcement reconfirms FreshPlaza: Global Fresh Produce and Banana News - 21 Aug 2007 FreshPlaza,The Pesticide Action Network of North America describes DBCP as a carcinogen, a ground water contaminant, a developmental or reproductive toxin and a Healthful eating habits not wasted on the young - 21 Aug 2007 Orlando Sentinel,People who use smokeless tobacco are exposed to higher levels of at least one carcinogen. That's what researchers found when they compared cigarette users LegalView Keeps Mesothelioma in Spotlight with Proposed Website ... - 21 Aug 2007 Emediawire (press release),Hundreds of thousands of American workers and service members were exposed to the carcinogen. Anyone who believe they may have a case similar to that of Mr. Vietnam: No escape Ron Currie left in '71 -- Agent Orange followed him - 21 Aug 2007 MaineToday.com,The ingredients produced a mixture of chemicals called TCDD, commonly known as dioxin, a carcinogen. In 1991, Congress passed a law authorizing priority Groundwater meeting set - 21 Aug 2007 Augusta Chronicle (subscription),EPD believes the contamination came from dry-cleaning businesses that used - and improperly disposed of - PCE, a suspected carcinogen that can cause liver Helping the carbon nanotube industry avoid mega-mistakes of the past - 21 Aug 2007 Nanotechnology News (press release)The most harmful PAH identified was benzo[a]pyrene, a known human carcinogen, the researchers said. They also saw release of other hydrocarbons that can Group targets toxins in the air - Aug 20, 2007 Toronto Star,..."What we need is to develop a full-blown strategy and if this doesn't happen we will only see an increase in toxin- and carcinogen-related illnesses," says Snuff exposes users to carcinogen - Aug 10, 2007 Science Daily (press release)NNK, a human carcinogen, is known to produce lung cancer and cancers of the pancreas, nasal mucosa and liver in laboratory animals. Carcinogen found in soil samples of community garden, not in ... - Aug 15, 2007 Journal Times,The next question was whether the carcinogen had moved into the adjacent 145-by-125-foot garden area, and the answer turns out to be yes. Fluoride is a cumulative carcinogen - Aug 13, 2007 Contra Costa Times,Fluoride is a known carcinogen. Fluoride is a highly toxic chemical made from the waste product of the insecticide industry. Scientific studies have been Incense could be harmful to health, EPA officials warn - Aug 17, 2007 Taipei Times,Yang Chen-chang ( 楊振昌 ), a toxicologist at Taipei Veterans General Hospital, said benzene was a known carcinogen. "Benzene's status as a grade one EPA: 2,4-D Not a Human Carcinogen - Aug 10, 2007 Kansas Farmer,..."Today EPA definitively stated that 2,4-D is not a human carcinogen when used according to label directions." 2,4-D is commonly applied to a variety of People's forum - Aug 19, 2007 The Bay City Times - MLive.com,The US Department of Heath and Human Services lists 2,3,7,8-TCDD as a substance ''known to be a human carcinogen.'' The National Research Council of the Studies find carcinogen near NAS Fallon - Aug 3, 2007 NavyTimes.com,By Gidget Fuentes - Times staff writer SAN DIEGO — A federal study is linking high levels of Polonium-210 – a radioactive element and known carcinogen AUSTRALIA: Carcinogen found in Chinese blankets - Jul 29, 2007 BharatTextile.com (subscription),The chemical has been classified as a known human carcinogen by the World Health Organisation in 2004. Ashley van Krieken, the executive director of the Jury out on cancers while parents left asking why - Aug 13, 2007 Sydney Morning Herald,IT'S toxic enough to be classed as a carcinogen, but the jury is out on whether the gas ethylene oxide is behind what residents say is an unusually high HP on potentially dangerous laser printer emissions: Our printers ... - Aug 3, 2007 ZDNetOne document I found said: The IARC evaluated carbon black, as a Group 2B carcinogen, for which there is inadequate human evidence, but sufficient animal These are the major toxic chemicals involved in... - Aug 18, 2007 Akron Beacon Journal,This likely carcinogen has a sweet, sharp odor. It is widely used as a dry-cleaning fluid and a metal degreaser. The federal limit for public drinking FEMA Moves to Get People Out of Trailers - Aug 10, 2007 Washington Post,...out of travel trailers as worries grow that people might have been living for months in government-issued campers contaminated with a carcinogen. EPA Says 2,4-D Herbicide is Safe - Aug 14, 2007 Associated Content,...according to the EPA. Both agencies, according to the EPA, have agreed that the herbicide is safe and is not considered to be a carcinogen. Grapes may be used to prevent breast cancer - Aug 12, 2007 Food Consumer,...found rich in concord grapes for their potential to inhibit NDA adduct formation induced by an environmental carcinogen known as benzo(a)pyrene. Across the nation - Aug 11, 2007 Detroit Free Press,...to move gulf coast hurricane victims out of government-issued travel trailers as worries grow that the campers might be contaminated with a carcinogen. HAFB to redraw its map showing pollution plume - Aug 19, 2007 Deseret News,TCE is a potential carcinogen. The base was charged with cleaning up the contaminant from groundwater following Hill's designation as a Superfund site in A Pleasant Preventive Measure against the Big C - Aug 13, 2007 Earthtimes.orgAs part of their experiment they exposed breast cells to an environmental carcinogen benzo(a)pyrene in a test tube. Normally, this carcinogen is capable of Dioxin: Complex molecule, hypothetical fears - Aug 5, 2007 Midland Daily News,Consider that coffee, among other natural compounds, contains benzo pyrene (considered by EPA to be a mutagen and rodent and human carcinogen), Netlets for Monday, Aug. 20 - Aug 20, 2007 Minneapolis Star Tribune (subscription),Polyvinyl chloride (PVC), as the Business section article noted, is a known carcinogen linked to permanent liver damage, nerve damage and liver cancer. Clothing contamination: experts warn of disaster - Aug 20, 2007 ABC Online,There's reasonably good evidence that formaldehyde is a carcinogen. It's a pretty good indicator that it can do some long-term chronic damage to humans. Inspectors missed toxic gas emissions: council - Aug 20, 2007 Sydney Morning Herald,...the site since at least 2002 but its specialists had failed to notify the council that the carcinogen was being pumped untreated into the atmosphere. NZ tests find formaldehyde in Chinese-made clothes - Aug 19, 2007 ABC Online,..."But prolonged exposure - no-one can really tell how serious prolonged exposure may be, except that it is thought to be a carcinogen. Possible cancer cluster - Aug 14, 2007 Sky News Australia,...have reportedly developed cancer in the 10 years since Unomedical began discharging the gas, which the World Health Organisation lists as a carcinogen. Disaster Help has to be Healthy - Aug 10, 2007 Huffington Post,So they wasted taxpayer dollars and they used these poor hurricane victims as lab rats for a known carcinogen. Formaldehyde is an airborne chemical used in SJ firms among top polluters - Aug 19, 2007 Cherry Hill Courier Post,..."It is not considered a carcinogen in New Jersey," said Lawrence Hajna, a spokesman for the DEP, "but it is considered a hazardous air pollutant because of Flaming pyjamas, poisoned trousers - Aug 19, 2007 Waikato Times,However the chemical has been classified by the US Environmental Protection Agency as a probable human carcinogen. In high doses it can cause eye, FEMA Suspends Use Of 'Toxic' Trailers - Aug 8, 2007 NBC6.net,It is considered a human carcinogen, or cancer-causing substance, by the International Agency for Research on Cancer and a probable human carcinogen by the Dutch company recalls Chinese mattresses - Aug 18, 2007 Meadow Free Press,Although the ministry has yet to deliver a verdict on what the toxic material is, Beter Bed said it believed it to be benzene, a carcinogen, and a chemical Colon Cancer -Giving It A Dose Of Itself - Aug 6, 2007 MedIndia,When GCC was removed from the mice and a carcinogen introduced, researchers found tumours larger and in greater number in both the colon and intestines. Ontario awash in toxic substances: coalition - Aug 20, 2007 CBC North,...and release of toxic substances in the US, Ontario and the EU, finds that "environmental carcinogen use reduction strategy does not exist for Ontario. Smokeless tobacco products are not safe alternatives to cigarettes - Aug 20, 2007 TopCancerNews.com,NNK is a human carcinogen known to produce lung cancer. In laboratory animals, it also contributes to cancers of the pancreas, nasal mucosa, and liver. So aspartame is poisoning us - Jul 26, 2007 Food Week,I am reminded of the Saccharine controversy. in 1977 Saccharine was labelled as a carcinogen because lab rats, fed 20% of their own bodyweight of this Clearing the Air About Secondhand Smoke Risks - Jul 22, 2007 Safety.BLR.com,A new study compares the level of a tobacco-specific carcinogen in nonsmokers who work in restaurants that allow smoking with that of employees in archives | news | XML / RSS feed | featured
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