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3 days ago · Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA; conjugate base perfluorooctanoate; also known colloquially as C8, for its 8-carbon chain structure) is a perfluorinated carboxylic acid produced and used worldwide as an industrial surfactant in chemical processes and as a material feedstock.
2 days ago · The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has published a new assessment of talc’s potential to cause cancer, concluding that is it ‘probably carcinogenic’ to humans. The new ...
1 day ago · As benzene is ubiquitous in gasoline and hydrocarbon fuels that are in use everywhere, human exposure to benzene is a global health problem. Benzene targets the liver, kidney, lung, heart and brain and can cause DNA strand breaks and chromosomal damage, hence is teratogenic and mutagenic. Benzene causes cancer in animals including humans.
Aug 15, 2024 · Despite the fact that it’s still used in parks, athletic fields, and on crops, dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (aka 2,4-D) is listed as a “possible human carcinogen” by the IARC and it is suspected to be an endocrine-disruptor.
Aug 5, 2024 · Although SLS and SLES have so far evaded a listing as a known carcinogen by groups such as IARC and the NTP, it’s material safety data sheets openly admit it is mutagenic, meaning it damages DNA such that it can lead to cancer—not exactly the same as carcinogenic (which means it directly causes cancer, but close in that it can indirectly ...
Jul 30, 2024 · Group 2B: Possibly Carcinogenic to Humans Substances or agents in this group have limited evidence of carcinogenicity in humans and less than sufficient evidence in experimental animals. Examples include lead, chloroform, and some chemicals used in industrial processes.
2 days ago · suspected carcinogenic effect on humans […] such exposure shall be reduced to a minimum, even when it remains within the standards in that Schedule.” CARCINOGENS Carcinogens are chemical, physical or biological agents, or also working conditions, that increase the risk of devel-oping cancer.
