Everybody hates the idea of having a cancer. You and your family may unknowingly at-risk with different materials we always use everyday that according to studies can cause cancer.
US Government issued warnings just last Friday about two materials used daily by millions of Americans, saying that one causes cancer and the other might.
Now in the official list of carcinogenic materials is the formaldehyde. Formaldehyde as carcinogen is found in worrisome quantities in plywood, particle board, mortuaries and hair salons. Another substance - styrene, which is used in boats, bathtubs and in disposable foam plastic cups and plates, may cause cancer but is generally found in such low levels in consumer products that risks are low.
Frequent and intense exposures in manufacturing plants are far more worrisome than the intermittent contact that most consumers have, but government scientists said that consumers should still avoid contact with formaldehyde and styrene along with six other chemicals that were added Friday to the government’s official Report on Carcinogens. Its release was delayed for years because of intense lobbying from the chemical industry, which disputed its findings.
The report also lists aristolochic acids, found in plants and sometimes used in herbal medicines, as a known carcinogen and added to the list of probable carcinogens other substances like captafol (a fungicide no longer sold in the United States), finely spun glass wool fibers (used in insulation), cobalt-tungsten carbide (used in manufacturing), riddelliine (plants eaten by cattle, horses and sheep) and ortho-nitrotoluene (used in dyes).
source: Health @ NY Times
US Government issued warnings just last Friday about two materials used daily by millions of Americans, saying that one causes cancer and the other might.
Now in the official list of carcinogenic materials is the formaldehyde. Formaldehyde as carcinogen is found in worrisome quantities in plywood, particle board, mortuaries and hair salons. Another substance - styrene, which is used in boats, bathtubs and in disposable foam plastic cups and plates, may cause cancer but is generally found in such low levels in consumer products that risks are low.
Frequent and intense exposures in manufacturing plants are far more worrisome than the intermittent contact that most consumers have, but government scientists said that consumers should still avoid contact with formaldehyde and styrene along with six other chemicals that were added Friday to the government’s official Report on Carcinogens. Its release was delayed for years because of intense lobbying from the chemical industry, which disputed its findings.
The report also lists aristolochic acids, found in plants and sometimes used in herbal medicines, as a known carcinogen and added to the list of probable carcinogens other substances like captafol (a fungicide no longer sold in the United States), finely spun glass wool fibers (used in insulation), cobalt-tungsten carbide (used in manufacturing), riddelliine (plants eaten by cattle, horses and sheep) and ortho-nitrotoluene (used in dyes).
source: Health @ NY Times
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