carcinogen

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Its active ingredient is glyphosate, which the International Agency for Research on Cancer, a unit of the World Health Organization, identified in 2015 as a probable human carcinogen.

From BBC • Feb. 17, 2026

An adduct is a bulky chemical attachment that forms when a compound, such as a carcinogen, binds directly to DNA.

From Science Daily • Nov. 28, 2025

High Court representing more than 3,000 people alleged Johnson & Johnson, which spun off Kenvue in 2023, knowingly sold baby powder that was contaminated with asbestos, a carcinogen.

From Barron's • Oct. 17, 2025

Federal and state regulators have found in the past that the chemical compound is a potent carcinogen with no safe level of exposure.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 13, 2025

Warburg believes that either radiation or a chemical carcinogen acts by destroying the respiration of normal cells, thus depriving them of energy.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson