US Dept Of Health Adds 8 More Chemicals On Cancer List
The U.S. Department of Health keeps a Report on Carcinogens where certain substances are listed down to serve as a guide for many consumer products the public has access to. The report is a way of tracking and making sure that harmful chemicals, which are known to cause cancer are not used in these products, or at least lessen its exposure.
After a long process, the U.S. Department of Health has added eight more chemicals to this list. Currently, there are about 240 chemicals listed on it.
On top of Formaldehyde found in many cosmetics and children’s products, and Aristolochic acids, which is present in treatments for gout, the Daily Green has summarized what the rest of the chemicals are:
- Riddelliine: This is a chemical found in herbal medicines that make use of daisies, ragwort and groundsel. Teas and honeys sometimes contain this..
- Styrene: Used mostly for making fiberglass, carpet and automobile parts, as well as styrofoam plastics, styrene is found in industrial plants.
- Certain inhalable glass wool fibers: Wood fibers that are sued for insulation in buildings and homes and are not biopersistent can cause cancer.
- Captafol: Captafol is a fungicide used in plants and crops and was banned in 1999.
- Cobalt-tungsten carbide: Dyes, grinding tool and other industrial tools make use of this to make the item more malleable.
- O-nitrotoluene: These can be found in many pharmacuetical products as well as industrial or manufacturing products like dyes in fabric.
Chemist manufacturers are dismayed by the report saying that politics may have clouded the scientific findings of this process.
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