How to Use carcinogen in a Sentence

carcinogen

noun

• Cigarette smoke contains known carcinogens.
• Alcohol, which is classified as a carcinogen, is linked to a slight increase in breast cancer risk at even one drink a day.
  — Roni Caryn Rabin, New York Times, 18 June 2018
• Because many of these meats are known to contain carcinogens (cancer-causing substances), eating a large amount increases your cancer risk.
  — Carrie Madormo, Rn, Mph, Verywell Health, 27 Sep. 2024
• The end result: Fewer carcinogens and the cancer-fighting antioxidants in plant foods.
  — Andrea Thelen, Ms, Detroit Free Press, 9 July 2018
• In addition to disease-causing bacteria and even carcinogens, Flint's drinking water was loaded with lead.
  — CBS News, 17 June 2018
• Studies show that bathing food in an acidic marinade or a rub/marinade combination, like the one in this flank steak recipe or in this ginger turmeric chicken recipe, can reduce the number of carcinogens on your plate.
  — Andrea Thelen, Ms, Detroit Free Press, 9 July 2018
• That’s a lot of carcinogens to leave floating around for the sake of the dead.
  — Nicole Wetsman, Popular Science, 23 May 2019
• The carcinogen is still found in the soil and water, and 93 percent of Martinicans have traces of it in their blood.
  — Nicholas Triolo, Outside Online, 16 Mar. 2023
• Chloroprene was deemed a likely carcinogen by the EPA in 2010.
  — Sara Sneath | Staff Writer, NOLA.com, 26 Aug. 2020
• Gas stoves leak benzene, a carcinogen that can cause leukemia.
  — Lisa Song, ProPublica, 23 Jan. 2023
• Asbestos, a Quebec town that is home to what was once the largest asbestos mine in the world, no longer wants to be named after the carcinogen.
  — Marie Fazio New York Times, Star Tribune, 21 Oct. 2020
• Dozens of recalls have been linked to the same probable carcinogen since last year.
  — CBS News, 1 Apr. 2020
• The carcinogen has been linked to multiple types of cancer.
  — Daniel Wine, CNN, 18 Mar. 2024
• Asphalt contains carcinogens and has been linked to some forms of cancer.
  — Erick Mendoza, NBC News, 25 June 2023
• Again, this recall was issued because 33 batches of the drug were found to have a carcinogen known as NDMA.
  — Yoni Heisler, BGR, 1 Jan. 2022
• And saccharin was removed from the carcinogen list in 2000.
  — Ali Francis, Bon Appétit, 23 Aug. 2022
• There’s no way that apple-pie and fresh vanilla ice cream scent doesn’t contain carcinogens right?
  — Sam Gutierrez, House Beautiful, 26 Dec. 2018
• In time, additional classes of carcinogens were added to the list.
  — Siddhartha Mukherjee, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2023
• The joint study found that 8.7 percent of all the samples contained traces of chromium, a heavy metal and carcinogen that can cause a rash when absorbed into the skin.
  — Alden Wicker, Harper's BAZAAR, 16 Oct. 2020
• Over the past three years, millions of blood pressure pills that contain a probable carcinogen have been recalled around the world.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 14 Oct. 2021
• The flurry of drug recalls due to carcinogens has prompted the Food and Drug Administration to assess the scope of the problem.
  — Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 17 Feb. 2023
• People are fine with drinking wine — that's a carcinogen, but that doesn't mean drinking wine is going to give you cancer.
  — Kirbie Johnson, Allure, 15 Sep. 2022
• Many of the heavy metals and other contaminants in coal ash are known carcinogens.
  — Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 20 Feb. 2024
• It’s been classified as a carcinogen, according to the FDA.
  — Miranda Green, The Enquirer, 28 Nov. 2020
• The impurities in the drugs made in China turned out to be probable carcinogens.
  — Anna Edney, Bloomberg.com, 7 May 2020
• Vinyl chloride is a chemical used to make PVC pipes and is considered a carcinogen.
  — Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 6 Mar. 2024
• And firefighters don't have a way of tracking exactly what carcinogens they were exposed to, and when.
  — Jen Fifield, azcentral, 16 Jan. 2020
• However, a small body of evidence links the carcinogens in tattoo ink to skin cancer.
  — Corey Whelan, Verywell Health, 11 July 2024
• Vinyl chloride is a carcinogen, and longterm exposure can lead to liver damage, and in some cases, a rare form of liver cancer, the EPA said.
  — Catherine Garcia, The Week, 15 Feb. 2023
• Firefighters have a higher chance of developing the disease than the general population, likely due to their exposure to carcinogens in smoke.
  — Aria Bendix, NBC News, 10 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 20 Nov 2024