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carcinogen

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Science› Biotechnology and Genetics

Food Biotechnology

A substance that induces cancer.

Susan Allender-Hagedorn and Charles Hagedorn — An Agricultural and Environmental Biotechnology Annotated Dictionary

A substance capable of inducing cancer in an organism.

UN Food and Agriculture Organization — Glossary of Biotechnology for Food and Agriculture

Healthcare› Medicine

Cancer

(kar-SIN-o-jin) Any substance that causes cancer.

National Cancer Institute — Dictionary of Cancer Terms

Healthcare› Medicine› Cancer

Lung Cancer

(kar-SIN-uh-jin): Something that causes cancer.

CDC — CDC Lung Cancer Glossary

Science› Biotechnology and Genetics

Human Genome

Something which causes cancer to occur by causing changes in a cell's DNA. See also: mutagene

Human Genome Project — Human Genome Project