How to Use carcinogen in a Sentence

carcinogen

noun
  • Cigarette smoke contains known carcinogens.
  • That’s a lot of carcinogens to leave floating around for the sake of the dead.
    — Nicole Wetsman, Popular Science, 23 May 2019
  • Gas stoves leak benzene, a carcinogen that can cause leukemia.
    — Lisa Song, ProPublica, 23 Jan. 2023
  • There are fish farting in the water supply, is that a carcinogen too?
    — Yvette D'entremont, SELF, 16 May 2018
  • Dozens of recalls have been linked to the same probable carcinogen since last year.
    — CBS News, 1 Apr. 2020
  • Officials declined to say what carcinogens might be in the smoke plume.
    — Meg Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 26 Apr. 2018
  • Studies have found oil wells can emit carcinogens and are linked to adverse health effects.
    — Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2026
  • Asphalt contains carcinogens and has been linked to some forms of cancer.
    — Erick Mendoza, NBC News, 25 June 2023
  • There are also ways to cook meat that produce fewer carcinogens.
    — Emily Sohn, Sun-Sentinel.com, 6 June 2017
  • 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
  • Some molds that grow in food crops such as corn, wheat, rice, and seeds release a carcinogen called aflatoxin.
    — Jacqueline Detwiler, Popular Mechanics, 19 Mar. 2018
  • In time, additional classes of carcinogens were added to the list.
    — Siddhartha Mukherjee, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2023
  • Some of those chemicals are carcinogens.
    — Sumit Mandal, The Conversation, 9 June 2026
  • Clothes that are designed to resist wrinkles or stains are more likely to contain the carcinogen.
    — Topher Sanders, ProPublica, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Many of the heavy metals and other contaminants in coal ash are known carcinogens.
    — Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 20 Feb. 2024
  • 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
  • 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
  • However, a small body of evidence links the carcinogens in tattoo ink to skin cancer.
    — Corey Whelan, Verywell Health, 11 July 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
  • 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 water was found to have disease-causing bacteria, carcinogens and was loaded with lead.
    — Caitlin Conant, CBS News, 22 July 2019
  • 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
  • Todd Brook believed his cancer stemmed from decades of exposure to carcinogens while fighting fires.
    — Dawn White, CBS News, 5 June 2026
  • Pet cats often share the same home as their owners, meaning they can be exposed to similar carcinogens in their water and air.
    — Kyle Melnick The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 21 June 2026
  • Some studies have suggested the dye is a carcinogen to animals, but no research yet has been able to show the same case in humans.
    — Hannah Yasharoff, USA TODAY, 21 Jan. 2025
  • The more nuanced answer is that smoke does contain potential carcinogens and some are deposited in the meat.
    — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2026
  • 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
  • This link is so strong that acetaldehyde has been classified as a carcinogen since 1999.
    — Nikki Crowley, The Conversation, 10 Jan. 2025
  • The challenge with that is, for some carcinogens and cancers, the medical proof is sometimes debated.
    — Jen Fifield, azcentral, 16 Jan. 2020
  • The impurities in the drugs made in China turned out to be probable carcinogens.
    — Anna Edney, Bloomberg.com, 7 May 2020

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