Unexpected carcinogens in everyday life

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Unexpected carcinogens in everyday life

Carcinogens are substances, radiation, or things that are unexpectedly received from contact, consumption, or inhalation over a long period of time, which are stimulants that cause cancer in organs in the human body. Daily life in today’s society, which must rush to compete with time, causes neglect of health in terms of eating, exercising, smoking, or exposure to smoke pollution from industrial plants, including traffic on the roads. 

What are carcinogens?

The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) lists the following substances as carcinogenic to humans:

  • Drink alcohol
  • Smoking
  • Exposure to cigarette smoke
  • Processed meat
  • Liver fluke
  • Hepatitis
  • HPV virus
  • Aflatoxin
  • Benzo(A)pyrene
  • Air pollution
  • Wood dust
  • Ultraviolet radiation

Carcinogens in food

Grilled food

  • Cooking meat by grilling, roasting, burning or smoking requires high heat combustion, which releases benzo(A)pyrene when eaten, which increases the risk of colon, liver and bile duct cancer.

Raw Menu

  • Raw meat contains parasites, larvae or eggs . Consuming it increases the risk of bile duct cancer.

Processed meat

  • Whether it is sausage, ham, bacon, fermented pork, Chinese sausage, fermented fish, meatballs, or pork roll, they contain nitrosamines and potassium nitrate, which are cancer-causing substances.

Dried food

Foam box carcinogens

Using foam materials as food containers for one meal a day for 10 years in a row will increase the risk of cancer by 6 times more than those who eat food from plates, bowls, cups, or food containers. This is because foam contains polystyrene monomer. Which is mixed with high-heat food and consuming it will cause various types of cancer.

  • White blood cells
  • Prostate gland
  • Breast
  • liver
  • lymph

It also has an impact on the environment because it is waste that takes a long time to decompose.

Carcinogens in cigarettes

Cigarettes contain tar, which is similar to tar. When smoke is burned and inhaled into the bloodstream, it damages DNA in cells, causing abnormal division, leading to various cancers such as:

  • lungs
  • Voice box
  • Neck
  • esophagus

It also contains many toxins, such as nicotine, carbon monoxide, and hydrogen dioxide, which affect the respiratory system.

  • Especially, airbags
  • Bronchitis
  • Chronic cough