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Meanings of cancer-causing in English

Causing cancer.

Usage of cancer-causing in English
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Artificial sweeteners, which she had thought were cancer-causing, are in fact... not.
Radio NZ
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Sol Spiegelman had got hopelessly lost hunting for cancer-causing retroviruses in humans.
The emperor of all maladies: a biography of cancer
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The grand total of cancer-causing viruses in humans now stood at one.
The emperor of all maladies: a biography of cancer
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And the latest technique could avoid the cancer-causing side effects of previous methods.
Wired
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Substances labelled as carcinogens may have different levels of cancer-causing potential.
The Guardian
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Meat Barbecuing is known to generate potentially cancer-causing chemicals known as heterocyclic amines.
The Guardian
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Does the ink used in tattoos here contain a cancer-causing substance?
Radio NZ
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But it can take weeks to identify drugs targeting cancer-causing mutations.
Reuters
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Photo: Wikimedia Commons The cancer-causing erionite is worse than asbestos but less common.
Radio NZ
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The gene that enables birds to learn songs can become cancer-causing.
Wired
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First they programmed it to seek out two cancer-causing strains of the virus.
Wired
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We have examined the molecular basis for three such cancer-causing mutations.
Pubmed
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Passive smoke is internationally accepted as a class one cancer-causing carcinogen.
The Irish Times
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Nitrate and nitrite can react with other food components to form possible cancer-causing nitrosamines.
On food and cooking: the science and lore of the kitchen
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J&J has maintained that the products are safe and do not contain cancer-causing contaminants.
Reuters
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Photograph: Alamy There are lists and lists of cancer-causing agents.
The Guardian
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