Carcinogen

Definition of Carcinogen:
Any agent that is cancer-causing.
Also: Carcinogenic, Carcinogenicity

Topics Related to Carcinogen

Antioxidants
As A Treatment
“...The oxygen molecule wants to be oxidized, and this oxidation process can sometimes be carcinogenic...”
Bayberry
As A Treatment
“...The safety of large doses or long-term use is questionable because of the potential carcinogenic nature of the tannin present in it...”
Bladder Cancer
Our Question about Using chlorinated water
“Chlorination, the most widely used method of killing bacteria in water, is known to produce powerful carcinogenic residues, including Dioxin...”

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Breast Cancer
Recommendation DIM / I3C
“Phytochemicals such as indole-3-carbinol (I3C) and sulforaphane are components of cruciferous vegetables which exhibit antitumorigenic activity associated with altered carcinogen metabolism and detoxification...”
Caffeine/Coffee Avoidance
As A Treatment
“...Caffeine is a carcinogen, but coffee contains numerous other ones, created by the high heat of roasting, such as creosote, pymdine, tars and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons...”
Calcium-D-Glucarate
As A Treatment
“...D-Glucurate suppresses the "bad" enzyme beta-glucuronidase, thus helping to protect against the carcinogenic effects of estrogen...”
Cancer, General
Recommendation Turmeric
“...As most of the cancer-inducing chemicals in cigarette smoke are only carcinogenic during the period between activation in the liver by Phase I and final detoxification by Phase II, curcumin in the turmeric can help prevent the cancer-causing effects of tobacco...”
Consequences of Poor Diet
The Condition
“...The EPA, in a continuing examination of pesticides, has so far found sixty-four that are potentially carcinogenic...”
Our Question about Eating processed meats
“..." Processed meat products are usually manufactured with a carcinogenic ingredient known as sodium nitrite...”
Crude Coal Tar
As A Treatment
“...There is some controversy over the carcinogenic (cancer-causing) potential of coal tar...”
Liver Detoxification Phase II Support
As A Treatment
“...Some may be converted from relatively harmless substances into potentially carcinogenic substances...”
Lung Cancer
Our Question about Diesel exhaust exposure
“...A preliminary report, still undergoing review by experts, states that "For carcinogenic hazard and risk of cancer over a lifetime, the EPA is recommending that exposure (to diesel exhaust) be viewed as likely to pose a risk at low levels, as well as high levels...”
Lycopene
As A Treatment
“...They found that tomato juice provided significant protection against a chemical carcinogen (N-methylnitrosourea)...”
Molybdenum
As A Treatment
“...Both vitamin C, which helps detoxify nitrosamine, and nitrate reductase, which needs molybdenum to function, can help reduce the levels of this carcinogenic chemical as it has done for the Chinese esophageal cancer rates secondary to low soil molybdenum...”
Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma “...These chemicals are often carcinogenic, and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, in particular, has been linked to herbicide and pesticide exposure...”
Pancreatic Cancer
Our Question about Eating processed meats
“...Sodium nitrite is a precursor to highly carcinogenic nitrosamines -- potent cancer-causing chemicals that accelerate the formation and growth of cancer cells throughout the body...”
Particulate Matter Avoidance
As A Treatment
“...Based upon human and animal studies, there is considerable evidence that diesel exhaust is a likely carcinogen...”
Stomach Cancer
Our Question about Eating processed meats
“Nitrates and nitrites, such as those in hot dogs, lunch meats, and other cured meats, increase food levels of nitrates, which can lead to the formation of carcinogenic nitrosamines in the stomach...”
Vitamin C
Related Topic
“...As an antioxidant, it inhibits the formation of nitrosamines (a suspected carcinogen)...”