| Antioxidants | As A Treatment
"...The oxygen molecule wants to be oxidized, and this oxidation process can sometimes be carcinogenic..."
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Bladder Cancer |
Our Question about use of chlorinated water
"Chlorination, the most widely used method of killing bacteria in water, is known to produce powerful carcinogenic residues, including Dioxin..."
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Breast Cancer |
Recommendation DIM (di-indolmethane)/I3C (Indole-3-Carbinol)
"Phytochemicals such as indole-3-carbinol (I3C) and sulforaphane are components of cruciferous vegetables which exhibit antitumorigenic activity associated with altered carcinogen metabolism and detoxification..."
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Caffeine/Coffee Avoidance |
As A Treatment
"...Caffeine is a carcinogen, but coffee contains numerous other ones, created by the high heat of roasting, such as creosote, pymdine, tars and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons..."
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Calcium-D-Glucarate |
As A Treatment
"...D-glucurate suppresses the "bad" enzyme beta-glucuronidase, thus helping to protect against the carcinogenic effects of estrogen..."
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Consequences of Poor Diet |
The Condition
"...The EPA, in a continuing examination of pesticides, has so far found sixty-four that are potentially carcinogenic..."
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Crude Coal Tar |
As A Treatment
"...There is some controversy over the carcinogenic (cancer-causing) potential of coal tar..."
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Lung Cancer |
Our Question about diesel exhaust exposure
"...A preliminary report, still undergoing review by experts, states that "For carcinogenic hazard and risk of cancer over a lifetime, the EPA is recommending that exposure (to diesel exhaust) be viewed as likely to pose a risk at low levels, as well as high levels..."
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Molybdenum |
As A Treatment
"...Both vitamin C, which helps detoxify nitrosamine, and nitrate reductase, which needs molybdenum to function, can help reduce the levels of this carcinogenic chemical as it has done for the Chinese esophageal cancer rates secondary to low soil molybdenum..."
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Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma |
Recommendation Sauna Detoxification Program
"...These chemicals are often carcinogenic, and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, in particular, has been linked to herbicide and pesticide exposure..."
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Pancreatic Cancer |
Our Question about luncheon meat consumption
"...Sodium nitrite is a precursor to highly carcinogenic nitrosamines -- potent cancer-causing chemicals that accelerate the formation and growth of cancer cells throughout the body..."
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Particulate Matter Avoidance |
As A Treatment
"...Based upon human and animal studies, there is considerable evidence that diesel exhaust is a likely carcinogen..."
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Stomach Cancer |
Our Question about luncheon meat consumption
"Nitrates and nitrites, such as those in hot dogs, lunch meats, and other cured meats, increase food levels of nitrates, which can lead to the formation of carcinogenic nitrosamines in the stomach..."
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Vitamin C |
Related Topic
"...As an antioxidant, it inhibits the formation of nitrosamines (a suspected carcinogen)..."
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