WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency on Monday announced a comprehensive ban on asbestos, a carcinogen that kills tens of thousands of Americans every year but is still used in some ...

Unsymmetrical dimethylhydrazine, better known in the aerospace world as UDMH, has carried crews and satellites into orbit for ...

While carcinogens are widely known to be perpetrators of cancer, a new study from researchers at the Mass General Cancer Center has shown that exposure to carcinogens can increase cancer cells' ...

Some acne treatments may banish blemishes but carry hidden dangers: A new report reveals high levels of the carcinogen benzene can form in products that contain the zit-fighting ingredient benzoyl ...

Formaldehyde, a toxin and carcinogen found in construction materials, carpets, car exhaust, cigarette smoke and even permanent press clothing, turns out to play an important role in the body — one ...

Top medical experts are urging a warning label on bacon and other processed meats that use nitrates in the curing process Top health experts are calling for warning labels on bacon and other processed ...

Glyphosate, the main ingredient in Bayer’s Roundup and many generic herbicides, is not a carcinogen, a panel of European Union chemical safety experts concluded May 30. After reviewing scientific ...

A private testing lab announced that high levels of a cancer-causing chemical have been found in various over-the-counter acne treatment products. Products affected include those containing benzoyl ...

The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), which is the cancer arm of the World Health Organization (WHO), recently indicated that aspartame will likely be declared a “possible carcinogen ...

(NEXSTAR) – The World Health Organization is planning to declare aspartame, an artificial sweetener found in diet sodas, soft drinks, and other reduced-sugar gums and condiments, to be a possible ...

Cancer is commonly linked to both chemical-induced tumor development—exposure to environmental pollutants which are typically metabolized in the body, and can change their ability to be ...

Formaldehyde's toxicity was presumed to derive from its ability to crosslink DNA, but that happens only at huge doses. Recent discoveries that formaldehyde is found in the body in small amounts led a ...