Cocktail of common chemicals may trigger cancer

Options
cp418
cp418 Member Posts: 7,079
edited July 2015 in Clinical Trials, Research News, Podcasts, and Study Results

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/06/15062...

Cocktail of common chemicals may trigger cancer

Fifty chemicals the public is exposed to on a daily basis may trigger cancer when combined.

A global taskforce of 174 scientists from leading research centers across 28 countries studied the link between mixtures of commonly encountered chemicals and the development of cancer. The study selected 85 chemicals not considered carcinogenic to humans and found 50 supported key cancer-related mechanisms at exposures found in the environment today.

· Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

Comments

  • JohnSmith
    JohnSmith Member Posts: 651
    edited June 2015

    Sadly, I'm not surprised by this news.

    Dr. William Goodson, the senior scientist at the California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco and lead author of the research also released a report on how BPA, methylparaben block breast cancer drugs from working.
    If interested, here's the article written back in 2011.

    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • dlb823
    dlb823 Member Posts: 9,430
    edited July 2015

    As already said, not at all surprising, and one reason I am so passionate about getting chemicals out of our lives. There is no way to test for the cumulative effects, no less the "cocktail" effect.

    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • leggo
    leggo Member Posts: 3,293
    edited July 2015

    "We are definitely concerned that we are now starting to see evidence of a wide range of low dose effects that are directly related to carcinogenesis, exerted by chemicals that are unavoidable in the environment."

    Duh! More research dollars well spent.

    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

Categories