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the carcinogen
noun
A substance or agent that can cause cancer.
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Laboratory results, he said, had revealed the presence of the carcinogen as early as April.
And the risk of developing cancer depends on many factors, including how you are exposed to the carcinogen, the length and intensity of exposure, and your genes.
This is true even if the carcinogen is environmental, like tobacco smoke or radon, or if the cause is viral, like Helicobacter pylori or human papillomavirus.
"You figure that you inject the carcinogen and skin cancer grows there, but we don't have data on that," he said.
British newspapers have reported tests on rogue devices that contained antifreeze, or produced 10 times more of the carcinogen formaldehyde than tobacco cigarettes.
High levels of the carcinogen bromate were found in early October by a commercial customer who ran a laboratory test, officials said.
Earlier this month, a chemical spill poisoned the water supply of Lanzhou - a city of 2 million people in China's north-west - with the carcinogen benzene, causing a panicked run on bottled drinks.
A new trash crisis peaked yet again, and last week fears that food might be contaminated seemed confirmed when health officials announced elevated levels of the carcinogen dioxin in samples of buffalo mozzarella.
Scientists testing a new sensor for the remote detection of the carcinogen in the 2012 exhibition found levels above those legally permitted, according to a study in the journal Analytical Methods.
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Eymund Diegel, 50, an urban planner, spent a recent Saturday running around an empty lot next to the carcinogen-filled Gowanus.
He suggested that the carcinogen-producing, loss-making plant may have to be closed down, something Montenegrins have previously done everything they could to avoid.
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