Cancer-causing Chemicals

The Karnataka health department is investigating the use of carcinogenic coloring agents in pani puri water, following concerns about potentially harmful ingredients.

People are breathing cancer-causing chemicals when they're in their car, a new research has found.

Researchers tested 18 popular kinds of contact lenses and found extremely high levels of organic fluorine in each.

Pfizer had last month also recalled some batches of another blood pressure drug Accuretic and two authorised cheaper versions due to the presence of possible carcinogen.

Benzene is classified as a human carcinogen, a substance that could potentially cause cancer depending on the level and extent of exposure.

World Cancer Day: Chewing tobacco contains a minimum of 28 cancer-causing chemicals, medically known as carcinogens. The primary cancer-causing agents in chewing tobacco are the tobacco-explicit nitrosamines (TSNAs).

A random test conducted on two batches of Johnson & Johnson's baby shampoo samples in Rajasthan has found traces of the chemical formaldehyde, which is known to trigger cancer and poses other health risks.

The Congress hit out at the BJP-led Madhya Pradesh government for allegedly supplying shoes lined with a "cancer causing chemical" to tendu leaf collectors as part of its Charan Paduka Yojana.

Cancer-causing chemical formalin was found in fish stocks available in the markets here, an official said on Friday.

The Centre's ban on the use of potassium bromate as a food additive will reduce risk from cancer-causing chemicals and safeguard public health, the CSE said today and also sought a ban on potassium iodate, another chemical used as a flour treatment agent in making bread.

A cancer-causing industrial dye has been found in chilli paste and red chilli powder products in China, a trade watchdog has said.Several supermarkets and factories in Hunan province have been punished for selling and producing the products dyed with...

Kevin Shapiro, a 20-year-old math and physics major at the University of Pennsylvania, first tried a hookah at a campus party. He liked the exotic water pipe so much that he chipped in to buy one for his fraternity house, where he says it makes a useful social lubricant at parties. Like many other students who are embracing hookahs on campuses nati...

Acrylamide - a potentially cancer-causing chemical found in some carbohydrate-rich foods appears to not raise the risk of breast cancer.

The Karnataka health department is investigating the use of carcinogenic coloring agents in pani puri water, following concerns about potentially harmful ingredients.

People are breathing cancer-causing chemicals when they're in their car, a new research has found.

Researchers tested 18 popular kinds of contact lenses and found extremely high levels of organic fluorine in each.

Pfizer had last month also recalled some batches of another blood pressure drug Accuretic and two authorised cheaper versions due to the presence of possible carcinogen.

Benzene is classified as a human carcinogen, a substance that could potentially cause cancer depending on the level and extent of exposure.

World Cancer Day: Chewing tobacco contains a minimum of 28 cancer-causing chemicals, medically known as carcinogens. The primary cancer-causing agents in chewing tobacco are the tobacco-explicit nitrosamines (TSNAs).

A random test conducted on two batches of Johnson & Johnson's baby shampoo samples in Rajasthan has found traces of the chemical formaldehyde, which is known to trigger cancer and poses other health risks.

The Congress hit out at the BJP-led Madhya Pradesh government for allegedly supplying shoes lined with a "cancer causing chemical" to tendu leaf collectors as part of its Charan Paduka Yojana.

Cancer-causing chemical formalin was found in fish stocks available in the markets here, an official said on Friday.

The Centre's ban on the use of potassium bromate as a food additive will reduce risk from cancer-causing chemicals and safeguard public health, the CSE said today and also sought a ban on potassium iodate, another chemical used as a flour treatment agent in making bread.

A cancer-causing industrial dye has been found in chilli paste and red chilli powder products in China, a trade watchdog has said.Several supermarkets and factories in Hunan province have been punished for selling and producing the products dyed with...

Kevin Shapiro, a 20-year-old math and physics major at the University of Pennsylvania, first tried a hookah at a campus party. He liked the exotic water pipe so much that he chipped in to buy one for his fraternity house, where he says it makes a useful social lubricant at parties. Like many other students who are embracing hookahs on campuses nati...

Acrylamide - a potentially cancer-causing chemical found in some carbohydrate-rich foods appears to not raise the risk of breast cancer.