Carcinogens

Avoid Carcinogens:

·      Sunlight/UV radiation.

·      Tobacco products, passive smoking.

·      Alcoholic beverages.

·      Processed meats (grilling, barbecuing, meats preserved by smoking, curing or salting, like ham, bacon, sausages, hot dogs).

·      Wood dust.

·      Air pollution (vehicle exhaust, industrial emissions, particulate matters)

·      Arsenic (occurs naturally in soil and groundwater, used in some industrial alloys, herbicides, fungicides, electrical and semiconductor devices).

·      Radon (radioactive gas from soil and rocks that can accumulate in homes and is the second leading cause of lung cancer).

·      Asbestos (used in building insulation, roofing paper, floor tiles).

·      Formaldehyde (found in some household products, glue, building materials and cigarette smoke).

·      Benzene (used in chemical manufacturing, found in gasoline vapors and tobacco smoke).

·      Hexavalent chromium (used in paints, pigments and chrome plating).

·      Cadmium (batteries, yellow pigments, metal painting and coating).

·      Nickel (battery, ceramics).

·      Vinyl chloride (used to produce polyvinyl chloride/PVC plastic).

·      Ethylene oxide (sterilant for hospital equipments).

·      Lead and its compounds (battery).  

·      Aflatoxins (toxins from mold on grains/nuts).

·      Certain virus and bacteria (Human Papillomavirus, Hepatitis B and C Viruses, Epstein-Barr Virus, Helicobacter pylori).

·      X-ray and gamma ray from medical imaging and therapy.

·      Persistently elevated blood level of estrogen is associated with breast cancer.

·      Dietary fat/saturated fat consumption increases the risk of colon cancer.

·      Salty pickled foods may be associated with stomach cancer.