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Environmental Exposures during Puberty: Window of Breast Cancer Risk and Epigenetic Damage. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
During puberty, a woman's breasts are vulnerable to environmental damage ("window of vulnerability"). Early exposure to environmental carcinogens, endocrine disruptors, and unhealthy foods (refined sugar, processed fats, food additives) are hypothesized ...
Aljaber, Dana   +19 more
core   +1 more source

Discrimination of Carcinogens by Hepatic Transcript Profiling in Rats Following 28-day Administration

open access: yesCancer Informatics, 2009
This study aimed at discriminating carcinogens on the basis of hepatic transcript profiling in the rats administrated with a variety of carcinogens and non-carcinogens.
Hiroshi Matsumoto   +9 more
doaj   +2 more sources

The Failure of Agency-Forcing: The Regulation of Airborne Carcinogens Under Section 112 of the Clean Air Act [PDF]

open access: yes, 1985
Professor Graham analyzes section 112 of the Clean Air Act, a provision intended by Congress to achieve ambitious regulatory ends by constraining agency discretion.
Graham, John D.
core   +2 more sources

Carcinogenic Mycotoxins*

open access: yes, 2010
Mycotoxins are metabolites of molds considered to be a major risk factor affecting human and animal health. It is estimated that 25% of the world’s crop production is contaminated with mycotoxins. Mold contamination occurs extensively in fields and is particularly severe in tropical countries.
Peraica, Maja, Domijan, Ana-Marija
openaire   +2 more sources

Food-Borne Chemical Carcinogens and the Evidence for Human Cancer Risk

open access: yesFoods, 2022
Commonly consumed foods and beverages can contain chemicals with reported carcinogenic activity in rodent models. Moreover, exposures to some of these substances have been associated with increased cancer risks in humans.
Tetyana Kobets   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Air quality in the Industrial Heartland of Alberta, Canada and potential impacts on human health. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
The "Industrial Heartland" of Alberta is Canada's largest hydrocarbon processing center, with more than 40 major chemical, petrochemical, and oil and gas facilities. Emissions from these industries affect local air quality and human health.
Barletta, Barbara   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Supervised mutational signatures for obesity and other tissue-specific etiological factors in cancer

open access: yeseLife, 2021
Determining the etiologic basis of the mutations that are responsible for cancer is one of the fundamental challenges in modern cancer research. Different mutational processes induce different types of DNA mutations, providing ‘mutational signatures ...
Bahman Afsari   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

Assessing the carcinogenic potential of low-dose exposures to chemical mixtures in the environment: the challenge ahead. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Lifestyle factors are responsible for a considerable portion of cancer incidence worldwide, but credible estimates from the World Health Organization and the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) suggest that the fraction of cancers ...
Ab Hamid, Hasiah   +173 more
core   +11 more sources

Présence des aflatoxines et de l’ochratoxine A dans les denrées alimentaires : évaluation du risque encouru par des consommateurs de poisson fermenté (adjuevan) commercialisé à Abidjan (Côte d’Ivoire)

open access: yesBiotechnologie, Agronomie, Société et Environnement, 2022
Risk associated with the presence of mycotoxins (aflatoxins and ochratoxin A) in foodstuffs: the case of fermented fish (adjuevan) marketed in Abidjan (Côte d’Ivoire) Description of the subject.
Kouakou Gains Kpan Kpan   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Quantitative proteomic analysis reveals different characteristics of bladder cancer cells after exposure to bisphenol A

open access: yesFEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Bisphenol A (BPA), a common chemical in plastics, exerts dual effects on bladder cancer cells: low doses promote growth and migration, while high doses suppress growth and migration. Multi‐omics and bioinformatics reveal BPA acts via MAPK and inflammatory pathways.
Shaomin Niu   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

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