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UV light, radiation, tobacco

Mobile phones (cellphones), caffeine and Vitamin K.

Talcum powder, fluorescent lighting and electric fields.

(Check them out on the IARC website!)

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How do carcinogens affect people?

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How many kinds of cancer causing chemicals can be found in a can of dip?

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