To produce its assessments, IARC assembles groups of experts who review the existing scientific evidence and then place a substance or activity in one of five categories: carcinogenic to humans; probably carcinogenic; possibly carcinogenic; not classifiable as carcinogenic; and probably not carcinogenic.
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" Still, the report deemed red meat "probably carcinogenic" and processed meat "carcinogenic.
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There was inadequate evidence for coffee to be classified as either carcinogenic or not carcinogenic.
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According to the World Health Organization, beef, lamb and pork are carcinogenic when eaten in processed forms, and possibly still carcinogenic when consumed unprocessed.
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IARC's previous assessment of coffee as "possibly carcinogenic" was updated in June this year, when IARC said it had found "no conclusive evidence for a carcinogenic effect".
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" A few months later, EFSA concluded "glyphosate is unlikely to pose a carcinogenic hazard to humans and the evidence does not support classification with regard to its carcinogenic potential.
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The team ultimately decided the weight of the evidence was not strong enough to say glyphosate was definitively carcinogenic, but there was more than enough evidence for the caveat "probably" carcinogenic.
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" Animal studies have shown that some additives are "quite good candidates" for being carcinogenic, Touvier said, "but that would need to be seen if they are also carcinogenic in the human population.
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Recent IARC monographs have included judgments that red meat is carcinogenic and should be classified alongside arsenic and smoking, and that coffee, which IARC previously said might cause cancer, probably is not carcinogenic.
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He also overturned a ban on the carcinogenic pesticide chlorpyrifos.
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Cobalt blue can be carcinogenic, and Prussian blue can release cyanide.
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Once burned, plastics give off volatile organics, some of them carcinogenic.
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Items like batteries, fridges and other equipment, produce deadly carcinogenic toxins.
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Many of these chemicals turn carcinogenic when heated to high temperatures.
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After all, nicotine by itself is not known to be carcinogenic.
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Health agency: Glyphosate is 'probably carcinogenic' The World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer caused a stir in March 2000 when it said glyphosate is "probably carcinogenic to humans," meaning it can lead to cancer.
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It cited the Environmental Protection Agency's recent announcement that glyphosate isn't carcinogenic.
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Even very low levels of arsenic are considered to be highly carcinogenic.
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Therefore it ranks both substances in its top category of being carcinogenic.
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A: Ninety percent of the products available in the market are carcinogenic.
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We also know most processed bacon contains dangerous amounts of carcinogenic nitrates.
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The IARC said in March that glyphosate is "probably carcinogenic to humans".
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Never again will the carcinogenic salty tang of bacon pass my lips.
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The agency alleges everything from coffee to glyphosate is carcinogenic in nature.
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But it is not known to be carcinogenic, according to safety data.
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" The WHO has also classified red meat as "probably carcinogenic to humans.
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Anti-Semitism continues to morph, like a carcinogenic tumor on humankind's DNA.
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BPA, which mimics estrogen, messes with our hormones and can be carcinogenic.
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In 2015, the World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer classified glyphosate as probably carcinogenic to humans, but the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has concluded the herbicide is not likely to be carcinogenic to humans.
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The company commissioned and submitted a study that argued chloroprene's classification should be changed from "likely carcinogenic to humans" to "possibly carcinogenic" -- and that the 0.2 guideline should be changed to 2000, more than 220 times the EPA's recommendation.
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" The EPA concluded in 2017 that glyphosate "is not likely to be carcinogenic to humans," but a World Health Organization agency, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), determined in 2015 that glyphosate is "probably carcinogenic to humans.
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Opponents have argued that another mechanism might still account for a carcinogenic effect.
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Or are its bad effects offset by the healthy deficit of carcinogenic oxygen?
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The report found that glyphosate was "not likely" to be carcinogenic to humans.
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However, radiation can be carcinogenic — sun exposure can cause skin cancer, for example.
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Another released approximately one ton of the carcinogenic compounds benzene and 1,3-butadiene.
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Recent tests have identified a carcinogenic plume spreading underground, releasing vapors into homes.
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Tobacco cigarettes typically contain 7,000 chemicals, including nearly 70 known to be carcinogenic.
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The potential carcinogenic properties of glyphosate are the subject of widespread scientific debate.
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Among the carcinogenic substances people were exposed to: asbestos and components of jet fuel.
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Carcinogenic chemicals cause mutations by physically binding to specific bases and affecting their shape.
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"No regulatory agency in the world has concluded that glyphosate is carcinogenic," he said.
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They've delayed safety standards that keep workers from being exposed to lethal carcinogenic materials.
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Some cobalt and nickel compounds have also been linked with carcinogenic risk, he said.
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About 120 have been categorized as carcinogenic to humans, including asbestos, cigarettes and plutonium.
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Alcohol is carcinogenic even in small amounts, but most people do not know that.
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In 2015, the World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer classified glyphosate as probably carcinogenic to humans, but a draft report by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) last year concluded the herbicide is not likely to be carcinogenic to humans.
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California is finally going to regulate a chemical it identified as carcinogenic 25 years ago California is finally going to regulate a chemical it identified as carcinogenic 25 years ago This segment originally aired March 15, 2017, on VICE News Tonight on HBO.
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The World Health Organization's (WHO) cancer arm in 2015 classified glyphosate as "probably carcinogenic to humans", but the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in September 2017 concluded a decades-long assessment of glyphosate risks and found the chemical was not likely carcinogenic to humans.
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Based on evidence from hundreds of studies, processed meat was classified as carcinogenic to humans.
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In 2008, carcinogenic dioxin was found in buffalo milk thanks to dumping of toxic waste.
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IARC says glyphosate is "probably carcinogenic", while EFSA and several other regulators say it isn't.
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The resulting smoke can envelop the meat and coat it in the potentially carcinogenic compounds.
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The new National Toxicology Program study suggests otherwise -- that it could be carcinogenic, he said.
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As scary as the word "carcinogenic" might sound, though, it's worth putting things in perspective.
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Nor would he commit to enforcing a rule to protect construction workers from carcinogenic dust.
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In some studies, high doses given to laboratory animals suggests this chemical has carcinogenic potential.
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Not only are microplastics potentially carcinogenic on their own, but they also attract harmful pollutants.
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The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington has estimated that over half a million deaths worldwide in 2015 were linked to diets high in processed and red meat, which the W.H.O. now classifies as carcinogenic and "probably carcinogenic," respectively.
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Glyphosate is considered as a carcinogenic risk by some experts but is deemed safe by others.
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Triholamethane is a chlorine byproduct with "demonstrated carcinogenic activity in laboratory animals," according to the EPA.
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Bayer also points to several regulators around the world that found glyphosate not carcinogenic to humans.
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One example: a genus of plants called aristolochia, used against arthritis, turns out to be carcinogenic.
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On Wednesday it will say its latest review found "no conclusive evidence for a carcinogenic effect".
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Health officials have also declared that unprocessed red meat like steak and burgers are "probably" carcinogenic.
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Some are drinking water from toxic, potentially carcinogenic Superfund sites, because they cannot find water elsewhere.
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But the World Health Organization's cancer arm in 2015 classified glyphosate as "probably carcinogenic to humans."
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More inexplicable was the group's support for the carcinogenic tobacco industry's advertisements as protected free speech.
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It was the fourth potentially carcinogenic chemical found in blood pressure medications in the past year.
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But he said the risk is less than combining nicotine with carcinogenic combustion in traditional cigarettes.
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Before I quit, I couldn't imagine life without cigarettes, my constant companion, my carcinogenic security blanket!
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Every chemical known to cause cancer in humans is also carcinogenic in animals when adequately tested.
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" Five years later, the E.P.A. declared that another compound was "likely to be carcinogenic to humans.
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Substances known to be carcinogenic to man have been found in a few brands of e-cigarettes.
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J&J's lawyers countered that studies and federal agencies have not found that talc products are carcinogenic.
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It concluded that glyphosate "arguably could be classified" as a substance "suspected of being carcinogenic to humans".
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The U.S. EPA is being investigated for withdrawing a report saying the chemical is probably not carcinogenic.
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The San Jacinto River Waste Pits, for example, contain carcinogenic dioxins, which are linked to birth defects.
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Asbestos, a mineral made up of thin crystals, is dangerous to inhale as it's considered a carcinogenic.
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In 2010, the Environmental Protection Agency found toxic levels of seven carcinogenic air pollutants in the neighborhood.
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The company says that scientific research proves glyphosate is safe when used as directed, and is not carcinogenic.
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And it's true that in high enough doses, acrylamide might be carcinogenic, at least based on animal studies.
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The World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer pronounced glyphosate as "probably carcinogenic" in March 2015.
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IARC assesses the risk of a substance being carcinogenic without taking account of typical human exposure to it.
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Some critics say the way IARC considers and communicates whether substances are carcinogenic is flawed and needs reform.
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The 2015 IARC report deemed it a Group 1 risk, meaning that it has been identified as carcinogenic.
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The IARC had a much more declarative statement on very hot beverages: They are "probably carcinogenic" for humans.
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There are things like formaldehyde that have been shown to impact lung health or that can be carcinogenic.
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It can take years, if not decades of observational research to pin down how carcinogenic something can be.
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Last July the WHO's International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) found that the herbicide is "probably" carcinogenic.
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And from these carcinogenic, rubbery ashes, one could say that a new artist was born: Araeen the conceptualist.
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For starters, glyphosate has been labelled as probably carcinogenic by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC).
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VICE News visited Los Angeles to investigate how carcinogenic fumes from urban oil drilling are affecting local communities.
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A week later, authorities issued another evacuation warning after air monitors detected high levels of carcinogenic 1,3 Butadiene.
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Some are carcinogenic, and the European Food Safety Authority flagged them as a potential health concern in 2012.
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What the classification actually means is that there is no evidence that this sort of radiation is carcinogenic.
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Harvey's destruction contributed to the release of various hazardous and carcinogenic chemicals including benzene, vinyl chloride and butadiene.
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Bayer also points to several regulators around the world that found that glyphosate was not carcinogenic to humans.
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" The International Agency for Research on Cancer classifies perineal use of talc-containing products as "possibly carcinogenic to humans.
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While downgrading its warning, the group did say that all "very hot" drinks, around 264 degrees, are probably carcinogenic.
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Plaintiffs claim the two can become intermingled in the mining process, making it impossible to remove the carcinogenic substance.
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Anything derived from petroleum, "green" beauty connoisseurs will tell you, comes with a whole host of carcinogenic side effects.
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Ceilings and walls are impregnated with asbestos, a mineral so carcinogenic that Canada will ban its export next month.
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According to the International Agency for Research on Cancer, its presence in inorganic compounds is highly toxic and carcinogenic.
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Carcinogenic dioxins are left in them from the bleaching process, and phthalates from fragrances can impact the endocrine system.
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VICE News visited Los Angeles, California to investigate how carcinogenic fumes from urban oil drilling are affecting local communities.
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The EPA, the European Chemicals Agency and other regulators have found that glyphosate is not likely carcinogenic to humans.
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Certain tattoo inks can be toxic, with some containing carcinogenic compounds, a 2012 Danish Environmental Protection Agency study found.
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Multiple companies have recalled drugs in recent months because of the presence of APIs potentially contaminated with carcinogenic materials.
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In its 50-year history and after assessing nearly 1,000 factors, IARC has deemed only one thing non-carcinogenic.
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Traditional cigarettes pair nicotine—which, contrary to common belief, does not cause cancer—with an arsenal of carcinogenic substances.
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The TSCA prevented the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from regulating even the most harmful chemicals, such as carcinogenic asbestos.
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A 2015 study conducted by an arm of the World Health Organization classified glyphosate as probably carcinogenic to humans.
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The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has found that glyphosate is "unlikely to pose a carcinogenic hazard to humans".
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In fact, on their corporate website, they have devoted an entire page to refuting claims that talc is carcinogenic.
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While e-cigarettes don't produce the carcinogenic smoke that cigarettes do, they deliver lots of nicotine and harmful chemicals.
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Cigarette companies, for years, made enormous profits off selling a highly addictive highly carcinogenic substance to millions of Americans.
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The company has claimed, however, that its products can be used safely and that that glyphosate is not carcinogenic.
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Though some steps in the refining process do produce carcinogens, the final product is proven to be non-carcinogenic.
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The change gave the working group more evidence on which to base its conclusion that glyphosate was probably carcinogenic.
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"No one will willingly eat acrylamide ... (but) because it's carcinogenic in animals, it would be carcinogenic in humans," said Donald Mottram, emeritus professor of food chemistry at the University of Reading in the UK. Mottram's team first identified how acrylamide was made in food when the links to cancer first emerged in 2002.
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Her new baby was then born covered with hairy moles, some of which have turned carcinogenic and been surgically removed.
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" In 2015, the World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer said that glyphosate is "probably carcinogenic to humans.
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Contradictory findings on the carcinogenic risks of the chemical have pitted farming and chemical lobbies against consumer and environmental groups.
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The EU-backed European Food Safety Authority last fall similarly found that glyphosate is unlikely to be carcinogenic in humans.
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The review, published in March 2015, concluded glyphosate is "probably carcinogenic", putting IARC at odds with regulators around the world.
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Its critics, including in industry, say the way IARC evaluates whether substances might be carcinogenic can cause unnecessary health scares.
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A recent newspaper spot suggests that most competing hair oil is "carcinogenic for every human being and may cause cancer".
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But the World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has classified glyphosate as "probably carcinogenic to humans".
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I had a writing professor who wouldn't lick envelopes because he feared the sealing glue was filled with carcinogenic chemicals.
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In January 2017 the level of benzo(a)pyrene, a carcinogenic compound, was found to be 28 times normal limits.
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Another potential explanation: Florida is a sunny state, and ultraviolet light may be synergistic with the carcinogenic chemicals, he said.
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The F.D.A. says potassium bromate has been in use since before the Delaney amendment on carcinogenic food additives was passed.
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That came about 20 years after IARC classified "talc containing asbestiform fibres" as "carcinogenic to humans," its highest-risk classification.
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But vaping liquids contain additives such as propylene glycol and glycerol that can form carcinogenic compounds when they are heated.
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The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) had previously rated coffee as "possibly carcinogenic" but has changed its mind.
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Residents decried O'Brien's proposed project on the grounds of aesthetics, traffic congestion, protecting the school system and carcinogenic construction dust.
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However, the World Health Organization's cancer arm in 2015 reached a different conclusion, classifying glyphosate as "probably carcinogenic to humans".
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" In 2015, however, the World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer classified glyphosate as "probably carcinogenic to humans.
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The U.S. EPA, the European Chemicals Agency and other regulators have found that glyphosate is not likely carcinogenic to humans.
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For example, the natural burial movement, among other tenets, encourages moving away from embalming, which typically uses formaldehyde, a carcinogenic.
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"In view of the absence of carcinogenic potential in rodents at human-relevant doses and the absence of genotoxicity by the oral route in mammals, and considering the epidemiological evidence from occupational exposures, the meeting concluded that glyphosate is unlikely to pose a carcinogenic risk to humans from exposure through the diet," the committee said.
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Since the World Health Organisation declared in 2015 that the compound was "probably carcinogenic", regulatory pressure on its use has increased.
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The European Chemicals Agency and other regulators around the globe have also found glyphosate not likely to be carcinogenic to humans.
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A rubber factory was dumping carcinogenic material into our backyard and my whole neighborhood has some form of cancer or another.
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Smokers will receive discounts if they stop, quit or switch to a possibly less carcinogenic product, like Philip Morris' vaping devices.
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The company is appealing the decisions, saying Roundup and its active ingredient glyphosate are not carcinogenic and safe for human use.
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This past May, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) announced there were carcinogenic contaminants in one important Nutella ingredient, palm oil.
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" However, the World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer said in 2015 that glyphosate is "probably carcinogenic to humans.
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While e-cigs don't have the heavy carcinogenic toll that traditional cigarettes do, they do have high levels of addictive nicotine.
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We must, by the way, presume that the placebo beverage is free of any alternative, potentially carcinogenic components of its own.
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Azo dyes can release cancer-causing chemicals called amines, though some have been found to be carcinogenic because of other chemicals.
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Those activists received a major gift in March 85033 when IARC claimed glyphosate is carcinogenic, the only agency to do so.
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He said the interaction between glyphosate and other ingredients in Roundup cause a "synergistic effect" that makes the product more carcinogenic.
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The findings Aderholt was specifically referring to involved glyphosate, a widely used pesticide that the agency declared "probably" carcinogenic last year.
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In 2010, the EPA determined that chloroprene is "likely carcinogenic to humans," meaning studies showed it likely causes cancer in people.
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They said that drinking "very hot" beverages was "probably carcinogenic," because the practice was linked to esophageal cancer in some studies.
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Last year, red meat and processed meats were declared carcinogenic and bacon was put in the same category as diesel exhaust.
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Drinking very hot beverages is now classified as probably carcinogenic in IARC's group 2A category, alongside red meat and nitrogen mustard.
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Lead, arsenic and other toxic and carcinogenic elements may be leaching from some two dozen Superfund sites in the Houston area.
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Nitrosamines can cause tumors in the liver and other organs in lab animals, and are believed to be carcinogenic in humans.
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But if these specific conditions could be not just avoided but expelled entirely, we might craft anti-carcinogenic environments as well.
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All those diesel engines produce carcinogenic smoke containing particulate pollution (soot) and nitrogen oxides (NOx), which are hell on human health.
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The unregulated and/or carcinogenic ingredients of this oil-based medicine from Thailand won't put me off from using it anytime soon.
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But just a year ago, another group in the WHO, the International Agency for Research on Cancer, concluded glyphosate is probably carcinogenic.
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Nitrosamines, a carcinogenic family of chemicals, have been found in e-cigarette vapour, albeit at levels low enough to be deemed insignificant.
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What the study does say is that palm oil, an ingredient in Nutella, releases potentially carcinogenic chemicals when refined at high temperatures.
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Image: APYou don't go to a fast food restaurant expecting a healthy meal, but you generally don't expect potentially carcinogenic compounds, either.
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the European Chemicals Agency and other regulators have found that glyphosate is not likely carcinogenic to humans.
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California acted after the World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) concluded in 2015 that glyphosate was "probably carcinogenic".
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The agency's assessment is at odds with other international regulators who have said the weedkiller is not a carcinogenic risk to humans.
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To find deep comfort in the stale, carcinogenic smell of cigarettes might sound bizarre, especially for a child, but it's hardly unique.
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The study, conducted in 2014, was designed to defend diesel following revelations that the fuel's exhaust fumes were carcinogenic, the newspaper reported.
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Other things it has classified as carcinogenic include wood dust, salted fish and processed meats such as bacon, ham and hot dogs.
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Studies dating back nearly a half century have concluded that carrageenan is safe, non-carcinogenic and free of hazards to human health.
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A study published this year in the journal Environmental Pollution found that the carcinogenic chemical benzene can be present in many salons.
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In addition to mercury, fish accumulates other chemicals, such as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), which have been classified as probably carcinogenic in humans.
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The researchers looked for evidence of 10 such carcinogenic traits in animal, cell, and human studies of roughly two dozen PFAS chemicals.
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Threat level: The EPA found in 2016 that "ethylene oxide is at least 30 times more carcinogenic than previously understood," Bloomberg reports.
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Nitrosamines can cause tumors in the liver and other organs in lab animals, and they are believed to be carcinogenic in humans.
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It seeps between the teeth and along the gum line, removing all the stubborn carcinogenic plaque hiding in hard-to-reach places.
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Common chemicals that are present in everything from processed meat to balloons, nitrosamines have been found to be carcinogenic in large doses.
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Thirty years after EPA tried and failed to ban asbestos, House Democrats and Republicans agreed on legislation to prohibit the carcinogenic fiber.
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Then the dental anesthetic, lidocaine, is often used as a bulking agent, which is widely believed to be carcinogenic if used regularly.
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Bayer says Roundup is safe and backed by several regulatory bodies, despite research that found its main ingredient glyphosate was probably carcinogenic.
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But Western customers increasingly opt for alternative materials, including metal, in the wake of reports that many Chinese toys contain a carcinogenic chemical.
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" However, a 2015 report from the World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer said that glyphosate is "probably carcinogenic to humans.
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But while there's evidence, mostly in animals, that acrylamide can be carcinogenic in high enough doses, that isn't the case for coffee itself.
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Contradictory findings on carcinogenic risks have thrust the chemical into the center of a dispute between EU and U.S. politicians, regulators and researchers.
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The big picture: E-cigarette companies claim their products are designed to give adults an alternative to smoking the more carcinogenic combustible cigarettes.
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Scientists and researchers are concerned that many of these chemicals may be carcinogenic or wreak havoc with our hormones, our body's regulating system.
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The nastiest part of Delhi's toxic cocktail, however, is probably the particulate matter spewed out by diesel engines, which the WHO deems carcinogenic.
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The tradition is under fire for its negative health impacts and several medical research studies show that chewing betel nuts is highly carcinogenic.
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In 2011, the WHO group deemed phone radiation "possibly carcinogenic," which is less certain than other classifications, but isn't an outright "no" either.
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Chromium-4003 is the carcinogenic chemical that was featured in the popular 2000 movie "Erin Brockovich," starring Julia Roberts as the titular activist.
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The World Health Organization has said that cellphone radiation is "possibly carcinogenic to humans," putting it in the same category as drinking coffee.
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Perdue said the U.S. government had shared scientific studies with Vietnam concluding that glyphosate is unlikely to pose a carcinogenic hazard to humans.
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Contradictory findings on carcinogenic risks have thrust the chemical into the center of a dispute among EU and U.S. politicians, regulators and researchers.
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Controversy over glyphosate has been fueled by a 2015 conclusion from the World Health Organisation's cancer agency that the substance was probably carcinogenic.
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Micklewright told Insider that neither copper or the metals in brass are considered carcinogenic by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC).
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When you find out your weekend bacon sarnie is as carcinogenic as cigarettes, slathering it in brown sauce becomes less of a priority.
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The IARC said in March that glyphosate is "probably carcinogenic to humans" while environmental groups have been calling for a ban on glyphosate.
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The coffee findings offer a typical example: back in 1991, IARC declared coffee to be "possibly carcinogenic," alleging a link to bladder cancer.
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"Being constipated is not carcinogenic or anything like that," says Nitin Ahuja, a gastroenterologist and assistant professor of clinical medicine at Penn Medicine.
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Nitrosamines can cause tumors in the liver and other organs in lab animals and are thought to be carcinogenic in humans as well.
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Fellow board member Terry Quill is an industry lawyer and former society president, who led the society's push against labeling chloroform as carcinogenic.
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"Some of those chemicals are carcinogenic," she said, explaining that ingredients in vaping liquids have been linked to cancer when used in other ways.
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There, technicians, instead of looking for precancerous cells as in a Pap test, look for the DNA of the dozen or so carcinogenic HPVs.
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Scientific research remains inconclusive and there is no consensus on any of the potential carcinogenic nature of cellphones, according to the National Cancer Institute.
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A study published earlier this year found higher levels of chemical toxicants, some of which are carcinogenic, in the urine of teens who vape.
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It's also worth pointing out that of the nearly 1,000 substances the agency has classified, it has ruled almost none to be non-carcinogenic.
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" Among the problems: "Lead, arsenic and other toxic and carcinogenic elements may be leaching from some two dozen Superfund sites in the Houston area.
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Over the past year, other agencies including the European Food Safety Authority and WHOs Food and Agriculture Organization have determined glyphosate is non-carcinogenic.
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" Scott said Monsanto retained a scientific consultant to convene the panel to review the international agency's assessment that glyphosate was "probably carcinogenic to humans.
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Chlorine reacts with organic material in the water to produce carcinogenic byproducts such as trihalomethanes; it also makes water more acidic, which corrodes pipes.
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In fact, the World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has classified tanning beds and tanning lamps a carcinogenic to humans.
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" Other groups followed suit, including the United Nation's Food and Agriculture Organization, which said "glyphosate is unlikely to pose a carcinogenic risk to humans.
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He wrote that IARC's classification of glyphosate as probably carcinogenic to humans was the result of "a flawed and incomplete summary" of the evidence.
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The World Health Organisation's cancer agency concluded in 2015 that glyphosate was probably carcinogenic, an assessment cited by the French court in Tuesday's ruling.
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The agency itself has found TCE "carcinogenic to humans by all routes of exposure" and has reported that it causes developmental and reproductive damage.
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In other words, heating up vitamin E acetate, on its own or in a mixture, provably produces a number of toxic and carcinogenic compounds.
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A study published in the journal Pediatrics in March found substantially increased levels of five carcinogenic compounds in the urine of teenagers who vape.
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In its evaluation of very hot drinks, IARC said animal studies suggest carcinogenic effects probably occur with drinking temperatures of 65 Celsius or above.
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Lead, arsenic and other toxic and carcinogenic elements may be leaching from some two dozen Superfund sites in the Houston area, reports The Times.
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Senior author Lianne Sheppard, professor in biostatistics and environmental and occupational health sciences, said she was "convinced" of the carcinogenic properties of the chemical.
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That would have put the EPA at odds with the World Health Organization, which found last year that glyphosate is "probably carcinogenic" to humans.
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In December 2017, the Environmental Protection Agency issued a draft human health risk assessment that said glyphosate was most likely not carcinogenic to humans.
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Oil refineries in the Houston area have leaked what the EPA has deemed "unacceptable" amounts of carcinogenic pollutants into the air in recent years.
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Full of dyed-pink carcinogenic formaldehyde and other chemicals, the body is put in the ground, where its decomposition is delayed, but not entirely so.
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in September 2017 concluded a decades-long assessment of glyphosate risks and found the chemical not likely carcinogenic to humans.
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Since 1986, California has had a law that demands companies selling any products deemed to be carcinogenic by the state to include a warning label.
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THYMOX is the only scientifically proven, effective hoof treatment for DD that is non-toxic, non-carcinogenic, and safe for both farm workers and cows.
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But there are concerns over potential carcinogenic gases created during production and the release of microplastics (tiny particles of plastic) as the roads wear away.
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Three-quarters of them are not subject to hazardous-chemical regulations in China, 16 are definitely or probably carcinogenic to humans and three are illegal.
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But one London tech company wants to know exactly how carcinogenic that air is, and it's recruiting pigeons as part of its air-monitoring arsenal.
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There are concerns about the carcinogenic properties of processed meats, and the saturated fat and cholesterol in animal products increasing your risk for heart disease.
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But the cancer division of the World Health Organization in 2015 concluded glyphosate was "probably carcinogenic to humans," and plaintiffs have widely cited that finding.
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But plaintiffs claim asbestos and talc, which are closely linked minerals, are intermingled in the mining process, making it impossible to remove the carcinogenic substance.
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Iodine then reacts with natural organic matter that is already present in the treatment system and produces disinfection byproducts that are extremely toxic and carcinogenic.
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"These findings appear to support the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) conclusions regarding the possible carcinogenic potential" of cellphone radiation, the study states.
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The announcement marked a rare reversal for the panel, which had previously described coffee as "possibly carcinogenic" in 1991 and linked it to bladder cancer.
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There is also evidence that they can release carcinogenic compounds when they break down, specifically when the ink is exposed to solar and ultraviolet radiation.
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The E.P.A. has classified it as likely to be carcinogenic to humans, as it is associated with bladder cancer, non-Hodgkin lymphoma and multiple myeloma.
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Former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb told CNBC he isn't convinced that vaping nicotine is carcinogenic, calling out a study that pointed toward the opposite conclusion.
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E-cigarettes certainly aren't harmless; they still contain nicotine, which is highly addictive, and they can also include toxic flavorings, heavy metals, and carcinogenic chemicals.
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The software did not interfere with the filter that removed carcinogenic fine soot particles from the exhaust, a technology that has in fact improved significantly.
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The industrial salts recovered in the investigation are carcinogenic and loaded with heavy metals, and can cause damage to the liver, kidneys, and nervous system.
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"A plant poison that is suspected of being carcinogenic, should simply no longer be used," said Rendi-Wagner in an emailed statement to CNN on Wednesday.
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In 2015 it suspended spraying entirely, citing a study by the World Health Organisation concluding that glyphosate, the herbicide dumped out of planes, was "probably carcinogenic".
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Although the World Health Organisation declared in 2015 that glyphosate was "probably carcinogenic", America's Environmental Protection Agency and the European Union consider it safe to use.
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Plus, communities of color often have their own "cures" for darker skin whose ingredients vary from the natural (turmeric or honey) to the possibly carcinogenic (mercury).
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In the meantime, you should still do your best to avoid cancer: eat healthy foods, maintain a healthy weight, quit smoking, and avoid carcinogenic environments. [Science]
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Bayer, which bought Roundup maker Monsanto for $63 billion last year, says Roundup and its active ingredient glyphosate are safe for human use and not carcinogenic.
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The list of foods that might give you cancer has grown pretty long, with everything from white bread to bacon to pizza crust all potentially carcinogenic.
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The clean-energy pioneer EWS Schönau is developing environmentally friendly batteries, such as largely recyclable saltwater batteries that contain neither carcinogenic heavy metals nor scarce minerals.
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On the other hand, some studies have suggested e-cigarettes release plenty of carcinogenic chemicals of their own—and might even do more harm than good.
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Beneath the elementary schoolyard, which operated until 2005, the Navy found high levels of lead, dioxins, motor oil pollutants and benzo(a)anthracene, a carcinogenic chemical.
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They found that vapers' urine contained higher levels of "volatile organic compounds," including acrylamide, acrylonitrile, and propylene oxide, some of which are carcinogenic at low doses.
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While Monsanto insists "glyphosate has a long history of safe use," the International Agency for Research on Cancer classified glyphosate as "probably carcinogenic" back in 2015.
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But plaintiffs claim that asbestos and talc, which are closely linked minerals, are intermingled in the mining process, making it impossible to remove the carcinogenic substance.
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Burning fossil fuels also sends carcinogenic particles into the air, like benzene (a chemical linked to childhood leukemia and blood disorders) and formaldehyde (a known carcinogen).
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But hundreds of studies and government agencies around the world confirm the chemical's safety; the IARC is the only outlier that warns glyphosate is probably carcinogenic.
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Dry cleaning is arguably even worse; that process is rife with carcinogenic substances, which Wicker reports is a problem for 70 percent of dry cleaners worldwide.
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This suggests that even trace amounts of chemicals like glyphosate found in oats or other foods could be carcinogenic or disruptive to other important biological functions.
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That can be a benefit to smokers who get the nicotine fix they desperately seek without the carcinogenic smoke that comes from burning tar-laden tobacco.
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Benzene, a toxic, flammable chemical found in crude oil and gasoline, is known to cause central nervous system damage and bone marrow damage, and is carcinogenic.
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The Agent Orange plant discharged unholy amounts of carcinogenic dioxin—so much, in fact, that New Jersey's governor declared a state of emergency in June 1983.
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The company recalled a single lot of its baby powder in early October after the Food and Drug Administration found trace amounts of the carcinogenic material.
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However, the human health effects of glyphosate remain uncertain, because the product has additional chemical ingredients that, individually or combined, might be carcinogenic, among other reasons.
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EPA ACCIDENTALLY POSTS PESTICIDE REVIEW: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) accidentally posted a review Friday that seemed to say the pesticide glyphosate is not likely carcinogenic.
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The authors suggest that high-temperature processing may form contaminants, that additives may be carcinogenic, and that the packaging of prepared foods can lead to contamination.
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The Centers for Disease Control says e-cigarettes "generally emit lower levels of dangerous toxins" than cigarettes, but can also release carcinogenic compounds and heavy metals.
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" The revised ACS web page also notes that the World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer classifies talc that contains asbestos as "carcinogenic to humans.
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As one doctor interviewed by the paper pointed out, there's zero guarantee that untreated water is free of pathogens like bacteria, viruses, and parasites, or carcinogenic compounds.
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Also, according to a study by the Clean Air Task Force, extraction from urban oil fields exposes people to toxic and carcinogenic chemicals like formaldehyde and benzene.
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" The revised ACS web page also notes that the World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer classifies talc that contains asbestos as "carcinogenic to humans.
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And no wonder: the playing surface is vastly more forgiving than artificial turf, which has been linked to all manner of health problems and is potentially carcinogenic.
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Now, all of these are volatile, and when they are heated at high temperatures like we see with dripping, you could produce high levels of carcinogenic compounds.
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The EPA's findings would contradict a 2015 report from the World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer, which found glyphosate was probably carcinogenic to humans.
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That said, marijuana appears to be a lot less carcinogenic than tobacco and a safer drug than alcohol—especially in terms of the violence related to consumption.
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The 149-degree Fahrenheit mark is hot enough to burn your tongue on contact, so you should know if what you're drinking falls into this carcinogenic category.
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The committee determined glyphosate "is not likely to be carcinogenic to humans" and found no connection to a number of cancers including brain, colon, prostate and lung.
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But our health is more muddled now—we live in an age of "obesity epidemics," horse-meat scandals, and fears over hidden food nasties and carcinogenic additives.
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the European Chemicals Agency and other regulators have found that glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup, is not likely carcinogenic to humans.
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Recent stories in Fast Company and The Architects Newspaper claimed that the EPA's SNUR rule effectively approved the use of the carcinogenic mineral in manufacturing and imports.
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Nitrosamines can "cause tumors in the liver and other organs in lab animals," The New York Times reported, and it is believed to be carcinogenic to humans.
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Nevertheless, the WHO's International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has classified coffee as "possibly carcinogenic," or a potential risk factor for cancer, since the early '90s.
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When vaping, usually the e-liquids are heated and inhaled with a reusable tool — and since it doesn't contain the tar in cigarettes, it's considered less carcinogenic.
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How it could hurt you: The E.P.A. says that the chemical is "likely to be carcinogenic to humans" and that it may cause kidney and liver damage.
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The first AZO dyes were created in the 19th century, but they are now considered to be carcinogenic, and are on the banned list in some countries.
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Although there are some conflicting studies, none of those chemicals have been proven to be harmful and, in fact, all three have shown to be actively anti-carcinogenic.
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And it's not just pads -- many tampons contain rayon, a synthetic made from sawdust and a byproduct of it is dioxin, which the EPA says is likely carcinogenic.
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Most worked in agriculture, under punishing conditions: according to some reports, braceros were sprayed directly with DDT (an insecticide now known to be carcinogenic and toxic to humans).
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The New York Times said EUGT had commissioned a study to defend the use of diesel after the World Health Organisation said the fuel's exhaust fumes were carcinogenic.
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The chemical can cause eye and skin burns, respiratory tract irritation and damage to the digestive systems but is not known to be carcinogenic, according to safety data.
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"When high doses were administered to laboratory animals, some studies suggest that glyphosate has carcinogenic potential," said the center, a cooperative between Oregon State University and the EPA.
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But plaintiff's lawyer Mark Lanier said asbestos and talc, which are closely linked minerals, are intermingled in the mining process, making it impossible to remove the carcinogenic substance.
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Vengosh's team has found, for example, that the presence of carcinogenic hexavalent chromium in many North Carolina drinking water wells stems from volcanic rocks underground, not coal ash.
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"IARC's standards and determinations for classifying substances as carcinogenic, and therefore cancer-causing, appear inconsistent with other scientific research, and have generated much controversy and alarm," Chaffetz wrote.
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From 2020, it will no longer be legal to import any textiles containing the hormonal nonylphenol ethoxylate (NPE) into the EU; carcinogenic substances are also on the agenda.
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Last May the Italian-based EFSA said palm oil generated more of a potentially carcinogenic contaminant than other vegetable oils when refined at temperatures above 200 degrees Celsius.
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But the average pocket pussy you find in America reeks of carcinogenic chemicals that are banned in children's toys but used in the widely under-regulated "novelty" industry.
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When vaping, the e-liquids are heated and inhaled with a reusable tool — and since it doesn't contain the tar in cigarettes, it's considered to be less carcinogenic.
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While the city issued several alerts over the detection of E. coli bacteria and possible carcinogenic chemicals in the water, the fatal flaw was in the water treatment.
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Polluted streams and rivers where nothing could live, lakes so polluted that they caught fire, air thick with smog, acid rain, toxic waste dumps and carcinogenic building materials.
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The black, crispy crust that you often see on the bony edges of ribs or steak is more likely to contain a higher concentration of potentially carcinogenic compounds.
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While e-cigarettes don't contain the combustible tobacco that makes regular cigarettes so carcinogenic, they do contain several other chemicals whose long-term health effects are largely unknown.
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The sites contain what the Environmental Protection Agency calls legacy contamination: lead, arsenic, polychlorinated biphenyls, benzene and other toxic and carcinogenic compounds from industrial activities many years ago.
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The growing scandal over the IARC's finding that the widely used herbicide glyphosate is "probably carcinogenic" to humans has nothing do with national security, terrorism or classified information.
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The glyphosate lawsuits—and the political backlash—stem from a finding by a division of the World Health Organisation, which said in 2015 that the chemical was "probably carcinogenic".
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Of course, we're still unclear on what the long-term risks might be—some studies have suggested that e-cig vapor can be carcinogenic, and contain arsenic and lead.
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But when the US Environmental Protection Agency released a safety report on glyphosate last year saying the stuff was not likely carcinogenic, it inexplicably pulled the report hours later.
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In evaluations spanning 40 years, the overwhelming consensus in America, Europe, Japan and elsewhere has been that glyphosate-based herbicides are safe for use and glyphosate is not carcinogenic.
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Last year, a World Health Organization committee announced that processed meats like bacon and hot dogs cause cancer, and other red meats like beef and veal might be carcinogenic.
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Tap water supplies for roughly 63 million Americans nationwide were found to have chromium-6, a carcinogenic chemical, at levels above California's public health goals, a new study found.
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"Welding fumes have previously been classified as 'possibly carcinogenic' to people," said Dr. Denitza Blagev, a researcher at the University of Utah and Intermountain Medical Center in Murray, Utah.
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Diazinon and malathion, two other pesticides reviewed by the committee, which met last week and published its conclusions on Monday, were also found to be unlikely to be carcinogenic.
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So we'd better ingest a bunch of dangerous, carcinogenic chemicals for a couple decades and break our perfectly functioning fertility until it can no longer menace the earth. What?
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In an assessment in 2015 that put it at odds with many government regulators, including those in the United States, Europe and Japan, IARC classified glyphosate as "probably carcinogenic".
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Public Health Minister Wael Abu Faour has said tests carried out by his ministry in February showed unacceptable levels of a carcinogenic substance, ochratoxin, in wheat imports from Russia.
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However, Dr Tom Micklewright from Push Doctor told Insider that copper and zinc are not carcinogenic, and it was most likely Van Halen's heavy smoking that was to blame.
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Scientists from my organization, the Environmental Defense Fund, are on the scene helping Houston monitor a hazardous plume of carcinogenic benzene released last week from a damaged oil refinery.
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Researchers also looked to improve the engineering of the rounds to avoid duds, and sought to replace toxic and carcinogenic compounds in the rounds with more earth-friendly chemicals.
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Individually, coffee and maté did not have conclusive evidence for any cancer-causing effects when served at cool or warm temperatures, meaning the drinks themselves were not classified as carcinogenic.
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But when the World Health Organization announced last year that the Monsanto-made pesticide, glyphosate, was actually highly carcinogenic, Colombia's days of kissing America's ass came to a screeching halt.
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Bayer shares are under pressure from U.S. litigation over an alleged carcinogenic effect of its weedkiller glyphosate, while analysts have said the company needs to strengthen its drug development pipeline.
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The EFSA's conclusion was at odds with the view of the World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), which has classified glyphosate as "probably carcinogenic to humans".
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Contradictory findings on the carcinogenic risks of the chemical have pitted farming and chemical lobbies against citizen and environmental groups, making some EU politicians reluctant to approve its continued use.
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the European Chemicals Agency and other regulators across the globe have found that glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup, is not likely carcinogenic to humans.
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Three years ago, the World Health Organization declared red meat such as beef, lamb and pork to be carcinogenic when eaten in processed forms, including sausages, bacon and beef jerky.
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Contradictory findings on its carcinogenic risks by various scientific bodies have thrust glyphosate into the centre of a row involving EU and U.S. politicians, regulators and environmental and agricultural researchers.
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Monsanto has always countered with its own studies and league of supportive scientists who say glyphosate is not carcinogenic and is one of the safest pesticides ever brought to market.
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The 23 researchers behind the report reviewed over 1,000 studies on coffee's effects on humans and animals, only to find that there simply isn't enough evidence to consider coffee carcinogenic.
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" The International Agency for Research on Cancer, which is part of the World Health Organization, advises that applying talc-based powder to the genital area "is possibly carcinogenic to humans.
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Neighbors had formed a vociferous nonprofit called Save Lafayette, which opposed both the 315-apartment idea and the 44-house compromise on grounds from view-ruination to carcinogenic construction dust.
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In 173, the World Health Organizations International Agency for Research on Cancer classified use of talc powder in the perineum area - the pelvic region between the legs - as possibly carcinogenic.
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The plant uses a carcinogenic chemical called ethylene oxide, and a Department of Health and Human Services report released in August found a high risk of cancer in nearby communities.
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Based on that evidence, the World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer classified hot beverages as a Group 2A agent in 2016, deeming it was "probably carcinogenic" to people.
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The debate revolves around glyphosate, a weed-killer that the World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer "classified as probably carcinogenic to humans" according to a March 2015 document.
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Researchers from the University of Arizona (UA) said they had created a genetically modified maize plant that is edible even when infected with a mould that produces aflatoxin, a carcinogenic substance.
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Stephanie Cahill, a consultant in New Hampshire, is an oncology nurse and mother of a son with special needs who is passionate about regulating carcinogenic and neurotoxic chemicals in everyday products.
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This is the carcinogenic chemical featured in the true story turned Hollywood movie "Erin Brockovich," For its report, the independent environmental advocacy group examined evidence from water systems throughout the nation.
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Ignoring evidence that diesel exhaust is carcinogenic, and keen to placate the truckers and farmers who use it most, the government has maintained a steep price differential: petrol costs 30% more.
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According to WWD, the formula is free of carcinogenic, toxic, hormone and endocrine-disrupting ingredients (along with many other long, hard-to-pronounce chemicals you can find on the brand's site).
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A statement on the website of Monsanto, which calls Roundup the flagship of its agro-chemicals business, said it strongly disagrees with IARC's classification of glyphosate as "probably carcinogenic to humans".
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In the initial investigation in 2015, the air samples from these trailers tested positive for mercury and formaldehyde and the soil samples tested positive for benzopyrene, which are all carcinogenic substances.
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California's Proposition 65, enacted in 1986, mandates that businesses with more than 10 employees warn consumers if their products contain one of many chemicals that the state has ruled as carcinogenic.
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For example, the FDA is charged with assuring that a drug or device is effective (efficacious) and safe (not toxic or carcinogenic), not whether it is actually better than the alternative.
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The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) said in May that palm oil generated more of a potentially carcinogenic contaminant than other vegetable oils when refined at temperatures above 200 degrees Celsius.
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"Glyphosate is not carcinogenic, and the listing of glyphosate under Prop 65 is unwarranted on the basis of science and the law," said Scott Partridge, Monsanto's vice president of global strategy.
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Good news for coffee drinkers: A panel of experts not only reversed a previous finding that coffee is "possibly carcinogenic," but now says it could protect against two types of cancer.
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They say available human evidence shows an association between glyphosate and non-Hodgkin lymphoma; while significant carcinogenic effects are seen in laboratory animals for rare kidney and other types of tumors.
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However, the group said it was adding "hot beverages," defined as 65 degrees Celsius (149 Fahrenheit) or hotter, to the list as probably carcinogenic due to a link to esophageal cancer.
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Football Manager simulates all this, and occasionally intervenes to tell you that you have wandered into a carcinogenic ash cloud, or that one of your players has succumbed to radiation poisoning.
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In the spirit of the season, here's a suggestion: Instead of inflicting a garish tie on your brother or a carcinogenic face cream on your aunt, how about saving a life?
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While vaping is indeed helping teens move away from more carcinogenic forms of consuming nicotine, it also has the detrimental effect of making drug use seem more commonplace, cosmetic and convenient.
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But the world's biggest cocaine producer suspended the aerial spraying of coca fields by U.S. contractors in 0.6 after a study by the World Health Organization found that glyphosate is carcinogenic.
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Many critics of 5G and other wireless technologies point to the fact that the World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer classified mobile phones as "possibly carcinogenic" in 2011.
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Members of the U.S. Congress, concerned about what they described as IARC's "inconsistent" standards and determinations for classifying substances as carcinogenic, last year launched investigations into American taxpayer funding of IARC.
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And after Cape Breton closed its steel plant (which used coal) in 2001, the island spent years trying to figure out how to clean up ponds of carcinogenic sludge left behind.
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" But the researchers felt that "based on the designs of the existing studies, it is difficult to definitively conclude that these negative results clearly indicate that cell phone RFR is not carcinogenic.
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The waterless formula has changed since it was introduced to the US in the 1960s (it was pulled from California shelves in 1990 because it contained a potentially carcinogenic solvent called perchloroethylene).
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Last year, the Colorado-based founder of Osmosis Skincare faced a lawsuit after claiming its Harmonized H2O UV Neutralizer made "scalar waves" that vibrate above the skin, effectively blocking carcinogenic UV radiation.
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But by the end of the 20th century, anti-bologna elitist "experts" concerned about "diabetes" and "obesity," as well as potentially carcinogenic sodium nitrates, helped to bring the iconic cold cut down.
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The EPA held Tuesday's conference as a public forum to discuss the use of controversial carcinogenic chemicals Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (commonly referred to as PFAS), which have leached into water supplies.
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They say available human evidence does show an association between glyphosate and non-Hodgkin lymphoma; while significant carcinogenic effects are seen in laboratory animals for rare kidney and other types of tumors.
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" But the IARC said there is evidence to suggest that drinks consumed at temperatures above 65°C (149°F) can cause cancer of the esophagus, classifying them as "probably carcinogenic to humans.
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The agency said that regular consumption of beverages hotter than 149 degrees Fahrenheit was "probably carcinogenic" based on a small number of studies showing a link between the practice and esophageal cancer.
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While railing against the likes of Monsanto for using chemicals deemed "probably carcinogenic" may be tempting, it appears that many consumers do not practice, or at least fully understand, what they preach.
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It placed coffee in its Group 3 category for things with "inadequate" evidence of carcinogenic potential, such as fluoride, low frequency electric fields, and toluene, a solvent used to make nail polish.
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Then in October came the final nail in the bacon-lined coffin: the news that the World Health Organisation (WHO) would brand processed meats as carcinogenic—y'know, like cigarettes or asbestos. Delicious.
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Obstetricians and gynecologists are in "an unholy alliance" with drug companies to promote use of the pill, which contains "dangerous, carcinogenic chemicals," Ms. Talento said in another essay in the same publication.
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However, a joint panel of the WHO and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization later concluded that glyphosate is unlikely to pose a carcinogenic risk to humans from exposure through diet.
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In comparing draft and final versions of chapter 20153, Reuters found that in several instances comments in the draft were removed; the comments noted that studies had concluded glyphosate was not carcinogenic.
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In 2016, researchers from McGill University found that as snow falls to the ground, it soaks up pollutants in the air including nasty stuff from car exhaust known to be toxic and carcinogenic.
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That EU decision has been delayed for several years after the World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) reviewed glyphosate in 2015 and concluded it was "probably carcinogenic" to humans.
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The U.S. had a record-breaking hurricane season, which begat yet more environmental destruction: Hurricane Harvey caused a toxic Superfund site overflow, excess carcinogenic air pollution, and a chemical plant explosion in Texas.
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LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) - The European Food Safety Agency (EFSA) must disclose details of studies on the toxicity and carcinogenic properties of glyphosate, EU judges ruled on Thursday, cheering campaigners who want the weedkiller banned.
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Meanwhile, the blood concentration of acetaldehyde—a highly toxic compound that is carcinogenic, causes headaches and vomiting, makes people blush after drinking, and is produced during the normal alcohol metabolism—remained extremely low.
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When people vape, they're consuming nicotine, not tobacco — the latter, says the UK government, is 95 percent more harmful than nicotine, which is not carcinogenic, and arguably useful in getting smokers off tobacco.
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Some of these newer chemicals do not have enough data behind them yet to indicate if they cause cancer, while others do have early evidence of carcinogenic-like behavior, the new paper reported.
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The WHO announcement also classified red meat — meat from mammals, such as beef, pork, lamb and goat — as "probably carcinogenic," citing possible links to pancreatic and prostate cancers in addition to colorectal cancer.
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As President Bush's Cancer Panel reminded us in 85033, the great majority cases of cancer occur in people born with healthy genes as a result of carcinogenic exposures at work, home, and school.
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The issue blew up in March 2015 after the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), based in Lyon and part of the World Health Organization (WHO), said that glyphosate is "probably carcinogenic".
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The US Environmental Protection Agency said in a 2017 draft risk assessment that the herbicide "is not likely to be carcinogenic to humans," while the European Food Safety Authority maintains a similar stance.
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Pesticides have long been suspected to be carcinogenic, and this year, new evidence linked glyphosate, common in weed killers like Roundup, to a form of liver disease that increases risk of liver cancer.
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Of those, only half had any federal testing done on them and, of the half that had been tested, 11 of those chemicals were carcinogenic and 20 were skin, eye and respiratory irritants.
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Its main replacement, a chemical called chloramine (really just a mix of chlorine and ammonia), has lower levels of carcinogenic breakdown products, but it also makes the water corrosive—enough to eat through metal.
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The study, published in Environmental Science and Technology by a team of scientists at the Illinois Institute of Technology, concludes that typical desktop 3D printers release particles that federal agencies consider toxic and carcinogenic.
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The new classification puts consuming very hot drinks in the same risk group as exposure to substances such as lead, gasoline and exhaust fumes, which are also classified as "possibly carcinogenic" by the agency.
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This particular material is common and isn't carcinogenic once it's mixed and dry, but it puts a damper on my mood and I just try not to cry for the rest of the day.
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"Based on these results, we propose that [e-cigarette vapor] is carcinogenic and that E-cig smokers have a higher risk than nonsmokers to develop lung and bladder cancer and heart diseases," they wrote.
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Two recent papers on e-cigarettes shed light on carcinogenic chemicals released in the vaporizing process, including noxious ingredients in certain flavor additives and heavy metals such as lead leached from the heating coils.
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" In 2015, Colombia suspended a U.S.-sponsored program that targeted coca fields with herbicide sprayed from airplanes after the World Health Organization determined the key compound the government used is "probably carcinogenic to humans.
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To avert this, Skin46 wants to use temperatures in excess of 1,500 degrees Centigrade to incinerate the hair all the way through, creating pharmaceutical grade carbon that is inert and free of carcinogenic compounds.
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Officials had been advising residents concerned about one group of chemicals, called trihalomethanes, to ask their doctors for advice; the chemicals were elevated for months because of heavy disinfection treatment and are possibly carcinogenic.
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But despite all the evidence that pulegone is carcinogenic and causes liver toxicity, researchers found the chemical is present in mint and menthol-flavored e-cig liquid at levels far above a safe threshold.
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LUXEMBOURG, March 7 (Reuters) - The European Food Safety Agency (EFSA) must disclose details of studies on the toxicity and carcinogenic properties of glyphosate used in pesticides, the European Union's top court ruled on Thursday.
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Concentrations of certain flame retardants (including the carcinogenic TCEP) were higher in students' rooms than in common areas, perhaps because dorm rooms are often more heavily furnished and—no shade, college students—cleaned less regularly.
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There is no conclusive evidence that drinking coffee causes cancer, the World Health Organization's cancer agency will say as it downgrades its warning, but it will also say all "very hot" drinks are probably carcinogenic.
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Europe has been debating for two years whether to allow the weed-killer, used in Monsanto's Roundup, with no clear majority of countries for or against a license extension and concerns that it is carcinogenic.
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More than 80 Houston residents have sued Union Pacific Railroad Company in Texas county court, accusing it of having knowingly contaminated their Houston neighborhoods with a wood preservative known as creosote they say is carcinogenic.
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The EU decision has been delayed for more than a year after the World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) reviewed glyphosate in 2015 and concluded it was "probably carcinogenic" to humans.
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"The periodontal pockets are not easy accessible by a regular toothbrush and could serve as a reservoir of bacterial colonization and potentially a source of chronic inflammation and carcinogenic bacterial (growth)," Li said by email.
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Seven months after the IARC review, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), an independent agency funded by the European Union, published a different assessment, saying glyphosate is "unlikely to pose a carcinogenic hazard to humans".
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The pressure on the EPA to defend glyphosate began immediately after the World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) declared in March 2015 that research showed glyphosate was "probably" carcinogenic to humans.
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In fact, one in five tattoo inks contained carcinogenic chemicals, and a vast majority of the inks tested did not comply with international health safety standards for ink composition, an Australian government-sponsored study found.
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Still, the approval marks a key victory for Monsanto in the wake of months of regulatory delays over this launch, and swirling controversy over whether glyphosate, the chemical in its popular Roundup herbicide, is carcinogenic.
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In May 2012, for example, chemicals used to treat coal at the Cross Generating Station in Pineville, South Carolina caused an elevated level of carcinogenic trihalomethanes in the Santee Cooper-Lake Moultrie Public Water System.
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CHICAGO (Reuters) - Glyphosate, the key ingredient in Monsanto Co's Roundup herbicide, is not likely carcinogenic to humans, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Friday as it outlined its current position on the controversial chemical.
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Communities in Los Angeles will march to challenge urban and rural oil drilling -- especially the urban oil fields in downtown and south LA that release carcinogenic fumes adjacent to houses, apartment complexes, and school yards.
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SNAP should follow suit and eliminate funding for "junk food" turned away from food banks and WIC, and purge carcinogenic varieties, like processed meats, which comes with a warning label from the World Health Organization.
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On Wednesday, the WHO's cancer research arm—the International Agency for Research on Cancer—announced it had taken coffee off its list of items considered possibly carcinogenic to humans, where it was classified since 1991.
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CHICAGO, Sept 16 (Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Friday said its current position on glyphosate, the key ingredient in Monsanto Co's Roundup herbicide, is that the chemical is not likely carcinogenic to humans.
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It now says its latest review found "no conclusive evidence for a carcinogenic effect" of coffee drinking and pointed to some studies showing coffee may actually reduce the risk of developing certain types of cancer.
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COLOGNE, Germany (Reuters) - Bayer's chief executive on Thursday acknowledged the German maker of pharmaceuticals and crop chemicals was facing massive challenges from a wave of lawsuits over an alleged carcinogenic effect of its Roundup weedkiller.
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They look apprehensively at Lake Vico in Lazio, ringed for decades by hazel plantations, where in 2009 a build-up of chemicals produced carcinogenic algae that required the installation of a costly water-treatment plant.
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Wigand's 60 Minutes interview in 1996, stating that Brown & Williamson had knowingly added addictive and carcinogenic ingredients to cigarettes, prompted a flurry of state-based Medicaid lawsuits which would lead to the 1998 Master Settlement Agreement.
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Maybe these molecules are genuinely carcinogenic but it's rare that people get enough exposure for it to show up in their cancer cells, or maybe they're truly innocent and can be ruled out of Stratton's investigations.
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"Ultra-processed foods and beverages contain some food additives for which carcinogenic effects are suspected such as titanium dioxide, a white food pigment which can be found in some confectionaries, chewing-gums, and biscuits," Srour added.
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READ MORE: The MUNCHIES Guide to Drinking in Public This Summer Disclaimer: Be careful around fire and try to avoid grilling in a metal object that has a strong chance of being covered in carcinogenic coatings.
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When you use it the way it was intended, it is purifying marijuana smoke and allowing you to experience the smoking process without all of the carcinogenic kief; it neutralizes the kief and filters out imperfections.
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I was interested to understand why the inhabitants of the area, despite being aware of the high toxicity of these pieces of rocket, especially the propellant heptyl, highly carcinogenic, go to recover them in the tundra.
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Health shares were dragged down by a more than 503 percent loss for Johnson & Johnson, after Reuters reported that the company had kept the presence of carcinogenic asbestos in its baby powder from regulators and consumers.
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While vape companies such as Juul are capitalizing on the image of a sleeker, less carcinogenic way of getting buzzed, vaping is simply a method of concealing nicotine use, without eliminating any of its physiological consequences.
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I went to lots of school board meetings because they were trying to install a turf field at my high school, but turf is majorly carcinogenic because when it heats up, gas comes off the turf.
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At least among adults, e-cigarettes are considered a far less harmful alternative because, unlike traditional cigarettes, they do not rely on combustion, which leads to inhalation of deadly carcinogenic particles, and 480,000 deaths each year.
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The EPA declined to comment on whether the report, or the 13 other documents that were also published and subsequently taken down on Monday, indicate whether the agency ultimately will conclude that glyphosate is not carcinogenic.
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There have been scares in the past about whether certain nonnutritive sweeteners can be carcinogenic, especially in large doses, but in the literature that was reviewed for the policy statement, no such association has been demonstrated.
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This finding was at odds with previous risk assessment in Germany and the United States, and was followed seven months later by EFSA's own assessment of glyphosate as "unlikely to pose a carcinogenic hazard to humans".
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CHICAGO (Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has said that glyphosate, the key ingredient in Monsanto Co's top-selling weed killer Roundup, is not likely to be carcinogenic to humans, contradicting a World Health Organization panel.
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Macroeconomic conditions have made coca more profitable at a time when eradication efforts have been shackled by guerrilla landmines and snipers, community protests and the suspension of aerial fumigations after the chemical used was declared carcinogenic.
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The researchers concluded that there was "some evidence of carcinogenic activity" caused by the radiation emitted by phones that use 2G and 3G technology (which accounts for voice calls and texting in cellphones today) in male rats.
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Contradictory findings on its carcinogenic risks by various scientific bodies and public campaigning by citizens groups and non-governmental organizations have thrust glyphosate into the center of a dispute among EU and U.S. politicians, regulators and researchers.
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A May 2016 ruling from the European Food Safety Authority concluded that palm oil is a "potential health concern" when improperly processed, due to contaminants that are carcinogenic and genotoxic when heated at high temperatures and refined.
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Advertise on Hyperallergic with Nectar Ads Americans have known about the health risks of asbestos since at least the 403s when most other countries around the world banned the insulation material because of its highly carcinogenic properties.
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There are sprouting fields of collard greens that are cooked into a dish known locally as sukuma wiki ('lasts a week') that's particularly high in nitrates, which may then be converted into carcinogenic nitrosamines in the body.
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DUEBENDORF, Switzerland (Reuters) - Engineers working to tackle carcinogenic pollution from cars have developed cheap and simple devices to test the effectiveness of particle filters, which could help take toxic vehicles off roads without resorting to blanket bans.
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In 2006, an arm of the World Health Organization began classifying cosmetic talc such as Baby Powder as "possibly carcinogenic" when women used it as a genital antiperspirant and deodorant, as many had been doing for years.
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In response, tobacco companies are developing other ways to deliver nicotine that are less carcinogenic, including e-cigarettes, heated tobacco products and oral-derived nicotine pouches that don't release the toxins in tobacco known to cause cancer.
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The issue of toxic hazards at work went national nearly 20 years ago, when former employees brought more than 200 lawsuits against IBM, accusing it of having concealed knowledge that it was exposing them to carcinogenic chemicals.
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"This verdict does not change the weight of over four decades of extensive science and the conclusions of regulators worldwide that support the safety of our glyphosate-based herbicides and that they are not carcinogenic," Bayer said.
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The only difference is that, these days, we can watch the carnage on our widescreens, while in 1998 the majority of televisions were a vast assortment of carcinogenic cathode tubes with monitors roughly six inches in breadth.
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"We now know that many hair products contain chemicals that are considered carcinogenic and/or hormone disrupters, leading to increased risk of medical issues such as fibroids," says Shirley McDonald, consultant trichologist at the Hair and Scalp Clinic.
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Contradictory findings on the carcinogenic risks of glyphosate by scientific bodies and public campaigning by citizens' groups and non-governmental organizations have thrust glyphosate into the center of a dispute among EU and U.S. politicians, regulators and researchers.
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" For 23 years, Sheppard had no idea what might have caused her non-Hodgkin's lymphoma -- until a group of cancer researchers reported that glyphosate, the key ingredient in the popular weed killer Roundup, is "probably carcinogenic to humans.
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The documents, which included a report that said glyphosate is not likely to be carcinogenic to humans, were posted by the EPA on April 29 and taken down from a website the government agency manages on May 2.
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"We had expected high levels of thirdhand smoke early [on], but we were surprised by the massive amounts we found," Matt says, adding that traces of nicotine and carcinogenic compounds remained high for several months following the ban.
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A 2015 study by the World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer found that glyphosate was "probably carcinogenic to humans," based on "limited" evidence of cancer in humans and "sufficient" evidence of cancer in experimental animals.
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The researchers, led by Sven-Eric Jordt, an anesthesiologist, pharmacologist, and cancer biologist at Duke University, were inspired by earlier studies that showed vaping can leave behind carcinogenic or otherwise damaging chemicals like formaldehyde in your lungs and airways.
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Aflatoxin can harm humans and animals when ingested — causing everything from stomach aches and abdominal pain to coma and death — and was placed on a list of carcinogenic substances by the International Agency for Research on Cancer in 23.
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The verdict follows a pair of damning reports from the New York Times and Reuters based on internal Johnson & Johnson documents that found the company knew for decades that its talc products could contain trace amounts of carcinogenic asbestos.
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in September last year concluded the chemical was probably not carcinogenic to humans, and the European Union in 2017 also extended the license for use of glyphosate for five years after a heated debate.
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LONDON, June 15 (Reuters) - There is no conclusive evidence that drinking coffee causes cancer, the World Health Organization's cancer agency will say as it downgrades its warning, but it will also say all "very hot" drinks are probably carcinogenic.
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The IRIS assessment of chloroprene concludes that it is "likely to be carcinogenic to humans," and EPA and the people of St. Charles Parish are using the assessment to understand what levels of exposure to this chemical are hazardous.
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One report from that series, released in February, found a link between high levels of cell phone radiation and some evidence of carcinogenic activity in male rats, including a rare type of tumor called a schwannoma in their hearts.
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The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), which has found that glyphosate is "unlikely to pose a carcinogenic hazard to humans", welcomed ECHA's opinion on Wednesday, as did lobby groups for farmers, who make wide use of products containing glyphosate.
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Career staff involved with the development of a key proposal meant to prevent companies from returning to use of the carcinogenic chemical felt that steps being taken by senior officials could allow for some legacy uses to return anew.
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It's ubiquitous, but it's very flammable, so it's covered in potentially carcinogenic flame retardants that can disrupt the endocrine system, said Rolf Halden, a health engineering professor and director of Arizona State University's Biodesign Center for Environmental Health Engineering.
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In February of 2014, the Ministry permitted the company to dump 37,000 tons of contaminated soil on the site, primarily dredged from the waterfront in Victoria, which contained a variety of carcinogenic materials, including arsenic, cadmium, lead, and chromium.
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LONDON (Reuters) - There is no conclusive evidence that drinking coffee causes cancer, the World Health Organization's cancer agency said on Wednesday in a reverse of its previous warning, but it also said all "very hot" drinks are probably carcinogenic.
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The plaintiffs claimed that since the process of roasting coffee beans produces a chemical called acrylamide, which is suspected of being carcinogenic, coffee-selling companies in the state were obliged to affix a warning label to their cup of joe.
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And dry cleaning your dress shirts, aside from costing you time and money, exposes the environment, workers, and potentially you to a carcinogenic and neurotoxic substance commonly known as PERC, which is still used at 70 percent of dry cleaners nationwide.
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But the International Agency for Research on Cancer, or IARC, also announced in a report published on Wednesday that drinking "very hot" beverages of any kind could potentially raise the cancer risk, and it classified them as "probably carcinogenic" to humans.
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It revealed that, while the World Health Organization's cancer agency says RoundUp is "probably carcinogenic," the scientist leading that review knew of fresh data showing no cancer link but never mentioned it and the agency did not take it into account.
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LONDON (Reuters) - A new wave of "heat-not-burn" tobacco products are probably safer than traditional cigarettes but the devices still produce a number of potentially harmful compounds, some of which are carcinogenic, a British panel of experts said on Tuesday.
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"Now that the family understands how he was targeted, they understand that the industry knew they had this highly carcinogenic product and they were marketing it to people like Tony," said David S. Casey, the lead lawyer for the plaintiffs.
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HPV vaccination has been shown in trials and effectiveness studies to be nearly 100 percent protective against the most carcinogenic strains of the virus, and has been proved to reduce the risk of precancers of the cervix, vagina, vulva, and anus.
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"I would prefer that people use pills or liquid drugs because the dose of the chemical is very important, as is eliminating all the harmful chemicals in marijuana that may have their own side effects or carcinogenic properties," he says.
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The EPA said Hexythiazox is classified as "likely to be carcinogenic to humans" based on a treatment related to an increase in benign and malignant liver tumors in female mice and the presence of mammary gland tumors in male rats.
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It was also in 2006 that the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), an arm of the World Health Organization, classified perineal use of talc as "possibly carcinogenic," saying available research provided "limited evidence" it caused cancer in humans.
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"The conclusions of E.F.S.A. and ECHA that glyphosate should not be classified as carcinogenic is in line with the conclusions of many other regulatory bodies, both inside and outside the E.U.," said Anca Paduraru, a spokeswoman for the European Commission.
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It has also sought to reduce its environmental impact, including ensuring that all its clothing is free of azo dyes, and thereby not containing any synthetic dyestuffs based on nitrogen that can have carcinogenic and allergic effects on some people.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Trump administration has scrapped plans to roll back safety rules protecting construction and shipyard workers from exposure to beryllium, a toxic, carcinogenic element found in abrasive powders often used to remove rust and paint from ship hulls.
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Bayer has also asked that some of the plaintiffs' evidence on causation, specifically a finding by the World Health Organization's cancer unit that glyphosate is "probably carcinogenic," be excluded in the first phase because it has no basis in science.
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But the company has won all but one of the few verdicts against it in the appeals process—many because the plaintiffs asserted talc itself rather than asbestos was carcinogenic—and successfully avoided paying out damages in any of them so far.
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"Defendants treated these hazardous, toxic, carcinogenic, radioactive wastes with about the same level of care that a reasonable person might give to common household garbage, dumping it without authority from the State of Missouri and in violation of law," the lawsuits contend.
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Bayer has come under intensifying pressure after a third consecutive U.S. jury on Monday found Roundup to be carcinogenic, awarding more than $2 billion to a couple who used the chemical on their property - the largest verdict in the glyphosate litigation to date.
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" In a 47-page report on the trade, the Dutch regulator said: "Gasoline and diesel may contain more carcinogenic and toxic substances than in the EU ... They use low-quality and unhealthy blend stocks when blending diesel and gasoline for West Africa.
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Still, the findings suggest women should pay attention to how they cook their food to minimize their exposure to carcinogenic chemicals, said Dr. Mingyang Song, a researcher at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston and Harvard University who wasn't involved in the study.
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Smoke-free congressional offices would also protect staff and visitors from the harmful effects of third-hand smoke—the residual, carcinogenic components of tobacco smoke that can linger on carpets, drapes, walls, ceilings, furniture and other surfaces long after smoking has actually occurred.
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For example, methadone, a common narcotic that is often provided as a substitute to heroin addicts, is not a carcinogen in itself, but after going through the treatment system and getting exposed to chlorine, it can transform to nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA), which is carcinogenic.
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CHICAGO (Reuters) - A second group of lawmakers is investigating the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over its review of glyphosate, questioning why it withdrew a report that said the chemical in the world's most widely used weed killer was likely not carcinogenic.
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While the World Health Organization's cancer agency, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), classifies glyphosate as "probably carcinogenic," many other government regulators, including in the United States, see the weed killer as unlikely to pose a cancer risk to humans.
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The research included two large animal studies -- one in rats and one in mice -- that link high levels of cell phone radiation to some evidence of carcinogenic activity in male rats, including a rare type of tumor called a schwannoma in their hearts.
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While the World Health Organization's cancer agency, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), classifies glyphosate as "probably carcinogenic", many other government regulators, including in the United States, see the weed killer as unlikely to pose a cancer risk to humans.
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As part of a documentary called RiverBlue, campaigners from Greenpeace tested the outflows near denim factories in Xintang, China, and found five neurotoxic and carcinogenic heavy metals — cadmium, chromium, mercury, lead, and copper — in 261 out of 22 water and sediment samples.
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Michael Shannon, however, scored his first nomination for Best Supporting Actor in 2009, while art director Kristi Zea, set decorator Debra Schutt, and costume designer Albert Wolsky all scored nominations for creating an air of 1950s suburbia so authentic, it's practically carcinogenic.
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Declaring TCE "carcinogenic to humans by all routes of exposure," the Obama administration had sought to restrict two of its riskiest uses, as a stain remover and as a degreaser, and had marked it for further review, potentially to ban the chemical altogether.
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Bayer has come under intensifying pressure after a third consecutive U.S. jury on Monday found Roundup to be carcinogenic, awarding more than $2 billion to a couple who used the chemical on their property - the largest verdict in the glyphosate litigation to date.
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David Savitz, an epidemiologist at Brown University who helped lead the study of people who lived near the DuPont facility in West Virginia, said that the findings added more weight to previous studies that have found PFAS chemicals are likely to be carcinogenic.
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The F.D.A. said in September that the contaminant found in samples of Zantac was a type of nitrosamine called N-nitrosodimethylamine, or NDMA, which is believed to be carcinogenic in humans and is found in a variety of products, including cured meats.
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However, a review by the International Agency for Research on Cancer, a branch of the World Health Organization, found that drinking very hot beverages was "probably carcinogenic to humans" due to burns to the esophagus; there was no relation to the chemical acrylamide.
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A federal appeals court on Thursday overturned a win for Pacific Gas & Electric in a lawsuit alleging chemically-treated wooden utility poles stored at more than 30 PG&E storage sites release carcinogenic toxins into the San Francisco and Humboldt bays when it rains.
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According to the report, Johnson & Johnson—the makers of the most popular consumer talc product, Baby Powder—knew for decades that its products at times contained carcinogenic asbestos, but did everything possible to keep its findings shrouded from the public and even health officials.
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"There's substantial evidence that processed meat can cause bowel cancer -- so much so that the World Health Organization has classified it as carcinogenic since 2000," said Oxford University epidemiologist Tim Key, a member of the UK Department of Health's Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition.
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In the UK colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer in men and women, according to Cancer Research UK. The World Health Organization concluded in 2015 that there is enough evidence to classify processed meat as "carcinogenic to humans," wrote the study's authors.
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As a result, the group classified radiofrequency electromagnetic fields as possibly carcinogenic to people.... It often takes many years between the use of a new cancer-causing agent and the observation of an increase in cancer rates, such as with tobacco and lung cancer.
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In a statement likely to intensify a row over its potential health impact, experts from the U.N.'s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and World Health Organization (WHO) said glyphosate is "unlikely to pose a carcinogenic risk to humans" exposed to it through food.
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The third successive loss by Bayer in U.S. courts and highest award to date by a jury after finding glyphosate to be carcinogenic highlights the legal risks and mounting cost to the company of the burgeoning litigation it faces over its widely-used herbicide.
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But in a sea of paid influencer posts, magazine profiles of vapers, and mass-marketed ads, it can be hard for teenagers to fully appreciate the implications: vape liquids contain additives that can form carcinogenic compounds and researchers are concerned about long-term effects.
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Having grown up in Tucson, Arizona, one of the sunniest cities in the world, I consider myself well-versed in the carcinogenic threat of UV exposure, the skin-sparing sanctity of shade, and the redeeming qualities of the sartorial atrocity that is the broad-brimmed hat.
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In July 2018, his legal team won a huge victory when a St. Louis jury ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay $4.7 billion to 22 women who had alleged that their ovarian cancer was caused by Baby Powder and other J&J talc products tainted with carcinogenic asbestos.
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"We are disappointed with the jury's decision, but this verdict does not change the weight of over four decades of extensive science and the conclusions of regulators worldwide that support the safety of our glyphosate-based herbicides and that they are not carcinogenic," the statement said.
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The WHO's International Agency for Research on Cancer considers all forms of asbestos carcinogenic to humans and has said the mineral causes cancers of the lung, larynx, and ovaries, as well as mesotheliomas, which are cancers that develop in the inner lining of tissue surrounding some organs.
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The comprehensive research reports detail findings from two large animal studies -- one in rats and one in mice -- that link high levels of cell phone radiation to some evidence of carcinogenic activity in male rats, including a rare type of tumor called a schwannoma in their hearts.
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The first chemicals the EPA will evaluate must come from a list the agency has already decided merit review — chemicals that pose concerns for children's health, are carcinogenic, environmentally persistent, toxic, and build up in fat or other living tissue, or are widely found in biomonitoring programs.
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Among the most worrisome findings: 41 percent of dorm rooms they tested had levels of TDCIPP (a carcinogenic chemical that has also been linked with hormone disruption and harmful effects on the nervous system) that are above the level the US Environmental Protection Agency deems a health risk.
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"We are disappointed with the jury's decision, but this verdict does not change the weight of over four decades of extensive science and the conclusions of regulators worldwide that support the safety of our glyphosate-based herbicides and that they are not carcinogenic," Bayer said in a statement.
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"We excluded from all cancers those in the skin, brain, lymphatic, and hematopoietic (blood and bone marrow) tissues because these cancers likely have other strong environmental causes than the ones considered in the current study, such as UV exposure, infections, irradiation, and exposures to carcinogenic substances," they wrote.
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Even the potential danger of the inhalation of grill smoke has been looked at before—but the recent study, conducted at Jinan University in Guangzhou, China by lead researcher Dr. Eddy Y. Zeng, is the first to examine how the carcinogenic compounds can be absorbed by the skin.
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"Hobbled oil refineries and damaged fuel facilities along the Gulf Coast of Texas from Tropical storm Harvey have released more than two million pounds of dangerous chemicals into the air this week, adding new health threats to Houston's already considerable woes," including carcinogenic benzene and nitrogen oxide, they report.
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Glyphosate, a common ingredient in weedkillers such as Monsanto's Roundup, has been the subject of fierce debate in the past year since it was classified as probably carcinogenic by a World Health Organisation body, and European Union countries are discussing whether or not to extend its EU-wide licence.
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"After reviewing the study, we disagree, however, with the conclusions of their final report regarding 'clear evidence' of carcinogenic activity in rodents exposed to radiofrequency energy," Dr. Jeffrey Shuren, director of the FDA's Center for Devices and Radiological Health, said in a statement Thursday in response to the report.
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"The two main solvents found in the [e-cig] juice"—propylene glycol and glycerol—"are FDA-approved as food and at food temperatures, but when heated to the point of vaporization they can produce carcinogenic compounds," says study co-author Mark Rubinstein, a professor of pediatrics at UCSF.
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Internal emails obtained by The New York Times show that career staff involved with the development of a key proposal meant to prevent companies from returning to use of the carcinogenic chemical felt that steps being taken by senior officials could allow for some legacy uses to return anew.
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In 2006, the International Agency for Research in Cancer, which falls under the World Health Organization, classified the use of talc in the genital area as "possibly carcinogenic to humans," but this is considered its weakest classification as a cancer cause, meaning that the evidence isn't entirely clear.
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CHICAGO (Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Monday pulled a report offline that concluded glyphosate is not likely to be carcinogenic to humans, saying the document was inadvertently published and the agency had not finished its review of the chemical, which is the key ingredient in Monsanto's herbicides.
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The constantly burning fires – fuelled by chemically treated industrial wood scavenged from nearby – may help to stave off the cold, but they bring their own problems: Their carcinogenic smoke is responsible for hundreds of chest infections in the camp, according to Momcilo Djurdjevic, a Doctors Without Borders physician.
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Based on studies such as these, the International Agency for Research on Cancer, part of the World Health Organization, classified the use of talc-based body powder on the genitals as "possibly carcinogenic to humans," a category that includes other commonly used consumer products such as coffee and aloe vera.
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" The World Health Organization declared processed meats—hot dogs, pepperoni, deli meat—"carcinogenic to humans" last year and says that "many national health recommendations advise people to limit intake of processed meat and red meat, which are linked to increased risks of death from heart disease, diabetes, and other illnesses.
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"Possible pesticide use, antibiotics, and hormones found in poor quality meats may also be contributing to higher cancer rates," she says, adding that without the intake of fruits and veggies which are high in antioxidants, fast food aficionados are missing nutritional help to offset the carcinogenic effect of their meals.
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"Despite the European Union's approval of the active substance (glyphosate), the court considered that scientific studies and animal experiments showed Roundup Pro 360 ... is a potentially carcinogenic product for humans, suspected of being toxic for human reproduction and for aquatic organisms," the court said in a summary of its ruling.
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The company said that if the court did not rule in its favor, it should at least order a new trial, arguing that a lower court judge had improperly prevented jurors from hearing evidence that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and foreign regulators had deemed glyphosate not likely carcinogenic to humans.
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Robert Allen is the mayor of Hoosick Falls, N.Y, a community plagued by toxic levels of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances or PFAS, a class of chemicals used to create non-stick and stain proof products that have been shown to be carcinogenic, in addition to increasing the risk of other diseases.
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That's according to a new study, published in the journal Science, which found that killer whales, or orcas, are most at risk from polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), which were once widely used as coolants and in the production of carbonless copy paper before they were found to be highly toxic and carcinogenic.
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And unlike the conventional process for most permanent dyes—which requires treating hair with chemicals like bleach to strip its original color and pry open the cuticles, then adding more potent (and possibly carcinogenic) chemicals that can damage the hair and irritate surrounding skin—the graphene dye left the hair completely unharmed.
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Monsanto first devised or marketed DDT, dioxin, 2,19323,7,8- tetra-chlorodibenzodioxin (TCDD), 2,4-D, 2,4,5-T (Colorless, crystalline, tasteless, and almost odorless organochlorine compounds used as insecticides whose health and environmental impact was indicted by Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring in 1962) and halogenated hydrocarbons that are carcinogenic even in small doses, and dioxins.
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Glyphosate has recently been suspected of being linked to bee deaths and in 2015, the International Agency for Research on Cancer classified it as a Category 2A herbicide meaning it is "probably carcinogenic to humans" so cutting back on the weed killer's usage could be better for the environment and our bodies.
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The FDA had previously established a threshold for how much of an active ingredient in sunscreen could safely end up in a person's blood without meriting further toxicology testing—above that level, we'd need to study if and how carcinogenic or hormone-disrupting a particular chemical in that dosage could possibly be.
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"We continue to believe that the verdict and damage awards are not supported by the evidence at trial and conflict with the extensive body of reliable science and conclusions of leading health regulators worldwide that confirms glyphosate-based herbicides can be used safely and that glyphosate is not carcinogenic," the company said.
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"We continue to believe that the verdict and damage awards are not supported by the evidence at trial and conflict with the extensive body of reliable science and conclusions of leading health regulators worldwide that confirms glyphosate-based herbicides can be used safely and that glyphosate is not carcinogenic," the company said.
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GSK is recalling all unexpired stock of Zantac, also sold generically as ranitidine, from pharmacies as a precaution due to possible contamination with an impurity NDMA, which has genotoxic and carcinogenic potential, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) said here (Reporting by Justin George Varghese in Bengaluru; editing by Bill Berkrot)
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The International Agency for Research on Cancer, which is part of the World Health Organization, first classified the consumption of alcoholic beverages as carcinogenic to humans in 1987, tying consumption to cancers of the mouth, throat, voice box, esophagus and liver, said Susan Gapstur, vice president for epidemiology at the American Cancer Society.
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"Leading health regulators around the world have repeatedly concluded that Bayer's glyphosate-based herbicides can be used safely as directed and that glyphosate is not carcinogenic ... including more than 100 studies (the) EPA considered relevant to its cancer risk analysis, and more than 800 safety studies overall submitted to regulators," Bayer said in Wednesday's statement.
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"Because of the carcinogenic health risk to miners from exposure to diesel exhaust and to prevent material impairment of miners' health, MSHA is reviewing the agency's existing standards and policy guidance on controlling miners' exposures to diesel exhaust to evaluate the effectiveness of the protections now in place to preserve miners' health," the agency says.
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"Because of the carcinogenic health risk to miners from exposure to diesel exhaust and to prevent material impairment of miners' health, MSHA is reviewing the agency's existing standards and policy guidance on controlling miners' exposures to diesel exhaust to evaluate the effectiveness of the protections now in place to preserve miners' health," the MSHA said.
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"We continue to believe that the verdict and damage awards are not supported by the evidence at trial and conflict with the extensive body of reliable science and conclusions of leading health regulators worldwide that confirms glyphosate-based herbicides can be used safely and that glyphosate is not carcinogenic," Bayer told Reuters in a statement.
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They can contain a natural ingredient such as soy, licorice or arbutin, sometimes combined with the medical lightening agent hydroquinone (though not all creams contain this–hydroquinone is a potentially carcinogenic ingredient and products containing it are banned or restricted in Ghana, South Africa, Côte d'Ivoire, Japan, Australia and the European Union, though they are still used illegally).
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Dr. Epstein did not live his life in a bubble, but he sought to avoid tobacco, X-rays, pesticides, saccharin, talcum powder, cyclamates used as sweeteners, hair spray with vinyl chloride, hot dogs treated with nitrites, milk from cows injected with genetically engineered growth hormones and pajamas treated with a certain flame retardant — all of which he considered carcinogenic.
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Fighting farm pollution Fresh grounds for coffee: study shows it may boost longevity Kentucky GOP cuts dental, vision for nearly 500,000 people The report states that geographic differences in pediatric cancer may be tied to factors such as genetic predisposition, race and ethnicity, and varying levels of exposure to carcinogenic chemicals through avenues like air pollution or secondhand smoke.
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"There are strong arguments for a classification of "Likely to be carcinogenic to humans" because there are multiple positive results in animals… and positive epidemiologic studies strengthened by other lines of evidence (DNA and chromosomal damage in human cells and possibly exposed humans)," Maarten Bosland, professor of pathology at the University of Illinois at Chicago, wrote in comments submitted to the agency.
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Coupled with his immense dismay, bordering on incredulity, at the prevalence of greenwashing (brands that claim sustainability but actually aren't by using non-recyclable materials like polyester or acrylic and dyeing their "organic cotton" fibers with toxic, carcinogenic chemicals), he felt as though he had no choice but to launch a brand to prove sustainability can be achieved as transparently as possible.
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"The jury's verdict was wholly at odds with over 40 years of real-world use, an extensive body of scientific data and analysis, including in-depth reviews by regulatory authorities in the U.S. and EU, and approvals in 160 countries, which support the conclusion that glyphosate-based herbicides are safe when used as directed and that glyphosate is not carcinogenic," Bayer said.
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