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natural carcinogen

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natural carcinogen
A substance normally present in foods which is carcinogenic when tested by mutagenic assays in rodents or bacteria. See Ames' test, Toxicity testing.
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The good news, according to ACSH scientists: these natural carcinogens pose no hazard to human health.
ACSH warns of naturally occurring carcinogens in food. (News ... by Food & Drink Weekly
The new celery, it turned out, contained eight times the amount of natural carcinogens present in common celery According to Ames and Gold, the regulation of low-level exposure to carcinogens does little to advance public health.
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Ronald Estabrook, a biochemist at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, cited examples of several natural carcinogens that are widely consumed in ordinary foods.
FAT RISKIER IN FOOD THAN PESTICIDES, SCIENTISTS CONCLUDE by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
 
 
 
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