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Could spray paint cause cancer?

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No: Spray paint could invove skin or be inhaled. In either case unless there is a lead component to the paint or a benzene derivative to under chronic conditions be present the paint by itself can not cause skin or lung cancer.

Answered 12/1/2017

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