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May 10, 2024 · Identifying carcinogens is complicated. Fortunately, there are several organizations that evaluate the available information according to specific criteria. The most authoritative lists of carcinogens are published by the following: International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), an agency of the World Health Organization
May 10, 2024 · The occupational hygiene is the branch of occupational health and safety which focuses on the prevention of the occupational diseases. The exposure to health hazards can lead to diseases and illnesses that can manifest either immediately or after a long period of time after the exposure has stopped. Since these diseases are a consequence of ...
May 17, 2024 · More than 400 chemical agents have been listed as carcinogenic, probably carcinogenic, or possibly carcinogenic by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), a branch of the World Health Organization that monitors cancer occurrence worldwide and performs epidemiological and laboratory investigations to understand the causes of cancer.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
May 3, 2024 · In June 2022, the Cancer Cabinet identified five priorities: Close the screening gap. Understand and address environmental exposure. Decrease the impact of preventable cancers. Bring cutting edge research through the pipeline to patients and communities. Support patients and caregivers. EPA’s mission is to protect public health and the environment.
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May 20, 2024 · Users can select a specific subset of results according to different dimensions including indicator, cause, risk, location, age, and year. These two-page summaries offer a concise overview of causes, impairments, and risk factors modeled in GBD and the health loss related to them.
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- 2008
6 days ago · The World Health Organization estimates that tobacco causes 8 million deaths each year as of 2019 and 100 million deaths over the course of the 20th century. Cigarettes produce an aerosol containing over 4,000 chemical compounds, including nicotine, carbon monoxide, acrolein, and oxidant substances.
1 day ago · Breast cancer is the most prevalent cancer affecting women of every ethnic group in the United States. Breast cancer incidence among black women aged 45 and older is higher than that of white women in the same age group. White women aged 60–84 have higher incidence rates of breast cancer than Black women.
