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What are some environmental factors that may contribute to the development of cancer?
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Carcinogens: Known carcinogens include alcohol, tobacco, poorly-preserved meats, high-fat diets, ionizing radiation, asbestos, benzidine, etc. In addition, there are many chemicals that have been implicated yet not definitively proven to cause cancer. Looking at it from an epidemiological perspective, cancers that were very rare only 100 years ago are now quite common: cancer is a byproduct of our modern world.
Answered 1/3/2012
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See below: Second hand tobacco smoke, ultraviolet light, nitrosamines, insecticides, microorganisms and a whole lot more. See this site for info on the topic. http://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancercauses/othercarcinogens/generalinformationaboutcarcinogens/known-and-probable-human-carcinogens.
Answered 11/2/2012
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