Carcinogens WisdomCard™

Our Guides and Physician Review team have organized the Top 10 Health Resources on Carcinogens and compiled helpful research notes below.

  1. American Cancer Society: Known and Probable Carcinogens cancer.org - Known and Probable Carcinogens
  2. MedicineNet: Cancer Causing Agents-Carcinogens medicinenet.com - Cancer Causing Agents-Carcinogens
  3. ScienceDaily: Carcinogen Definition sciencedaily.com - Carcinogen Definition
  4. WiseGeek: What is a Carcinogen? wisegeek.com - What is a Carcinogen?
  5. U.S. Department of Labor: Safety and Health Topics: Carcinogens osha.gov - Safety and Health Topics: Carcinogens
  6. National Institutes of Health: New Federal "Report on Carcinogens" Lists Estrogen Therapy, Ultraviolet, Wood Dust (Dec. 11, 2002)nih.gov - New Federal "Report on Carcinogens" Lists Estrogen Therapy, Ultraviolet, Wood Dust
  7. Virginia Commonwealth University: Carcinogen Safety- Guidelines For Handling Carcinogens vcu.edu - Carcinogen Safety- Guidelines For Handling Carcinogens
  8. About.com: Carcinogen Definition quitsmoking.about.com - Carcinogen Definition
  9. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH): NIOSH Carcinogen List cdc.gov - NIOSH Carcinogen List
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Research Notes on Carcinogens


The term carcinogen refers to any substance, radionuclide or radiation that is an agent directly involved in the promotion of cancer or in the facilitation of its propagation. This may be due to ability to damage the genome or to the disruption of cellular metabolic processes. Several radioactive substances are considered carcinogens, but their carcinogenic activity is attributed to the radiation, for example gamma rays and alpha particles, which they emit. Common examples of carcinogens are inhaled asbestos, certain dioxins, and tobacco smoke ...read more from Wikipedia

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