Recognized Carcinogens

CARCINOGENS

 


    
 Hundreds of chemicals are capable of inducing cancer in humans or animals after prolonged or excessive exposure. There are many well-known examples of chemicals that can cause cancer in humans. The fumes of the metals cadmium, nickel, and chromium are known to cause lung cancer. Vinyl chloride causes liver sarcomas. Exposure to arsenic increases the risk of skin and lung cancer. Leukemia can result from chemically induced changes in bone marrow from exposure to benzene and cyclophosphamide, among other toxicants. Other chemicals, including benzo[a]pyrene and ethylene dibromide, are considered by authoritative scientific organizations to be probably carcinogenic in humans because they are potent carcinogens in animals. Chemically-induced cancer generally develops many years after exposure to a toxic agent. A latency period of as much as thirty years has been observed between exposure to asbestos, for example, and incidence of lung cancer.

References used to compile the list of Carcinogens


 

Recognized Carcinogens


 
Chemical Name CAS Registry Number (or EDF Substance ID) Reference(s)
(1,1'-BIPHENYL)-4,4'-DIAMINE, 3,3'-DIMETHYL- 119-93-7 P65
(1,1'-BIPHENYL)-4,4'-DIAMINE, 3,3'-DIMETHYL-, DIHYDROCHLORIDE (9CI) 612-82-8 P65
(1,2-BENZENEDICARBOXYLATO(2-))DIOXOTRILEAD 69011-06-9 P65-MC
(DIBUTYLDITHIOCARBAMATO)NICKEL(II) 13927-77-0 P65-MC
1,1'-BI(ETHYLENE OXIDE) 1464-53-5 P65
1,1,2,2-TETRACHLOROETHANE 79-34-5 P65
1,1,2,2-TETRAFLUOROETHYLENE 116-14-3 P65
1,1,2-TRICHLOROETHANE 79-00-5 P65
1,1-DICHLOROETHANE 75-34-3 P65
1,1-DIMETHYL HYDRAZINE 57-14-7 P65
1,2,3,4,5,6-HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE (MIXTURE OF ISOMERS) 608-73-1 P65
1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9-OCTACHLORODIBENZOFURAN 39001-02-0 P65-MC
1,2,3,4,6,7,8-HEPTACHLORODIBENZO-P-DIOXIN 35822-46-9 P65-MC
1,2,3,4,6,7,8-HEPTACHLORODIBENZOFURAN 67562-39-4 P65-MC
1,2,3,4,7,8,9-HEPTACHLORODIBENZOFURAN 55673-89-7 P65-MC
1,2,3,4,7,8-HEXACHLORODIBENZO-P-DIOXIN 39227-28-6 P65-MC
1,2,3,4,8-PENTACHLORODIBENZOFURAN 67517-48-0 P65-MC
1,2,3,6,7,8-HEXACHLORODIBENZO-P-DIOXIN 57653-85-7 P65-MC
1,2,3,6,7,8-HEXACHLORODIBENZOFURAN 57117-44-9 P65-MC
1,2,3,7,8,9-HEXACHLORODIBENZO-P-DIOXIN 19408-74-3 P65-MC
1,2,3,7,8-PENTACHLORODIBENZO-P-DIOXIN 40321-76-4 P65-MC
1,2,3,7,8-PENTACHLORODIBENZOFURAN 57117-41-6 P65-MC
1,2,3-TRICHLOROPROPANE 96-18-4 P65
1,2-DIBROMO-3-CHLOROPROPANE (DBCP) 96-12-8 P65
1,2-DIBROMOETHANE 106-93-4 P65
1,2-DICHLOROETHANE 107-06-2 P65
1,2-DICHLOROPROPANE 78-87-5 P65
1,2-DIETHYLHYDRAZINE 1615-80-1 P65
1,2-DIMETHYLHYDRAZINE 540-73-8 P65
1,2-DIPHENYLHYDRAZINE 122-66-7 P65
1,3-BUTADIENE 106-99-0 P65
1,3-DIBROMO-2,2-DIMETHYLOLPROPANE 3296-90-0 P65
1,3-DICHLOROPROPENE (MIXED ISOMERS) 542-75-6 P65
1,3-DICHLOROPROPENE AND 1,2-DICHLOROPROPANE MIXTURE 8003-19-8 P65-MC
1,4-BUTANEDIOL DIMETHANESULFONATE (MYLERAN) 55-98-1 P65
1,4-DICHLORO-2-BUTENE 764-41-0 P65
1,4-DICHLOROBENZENE 106-46-7 P65
1,4-DIOXANE 123-91-1 P65
1,6-DINITROPYRENE 42397-64-8 P65
1,8-DINITROPYRENE 42397-65-9 P65
1-(2-CHLOROETHYL)-3-(4-METHYLCYCLOHEXYL)-1-NITROSOUREA (METHYL CCNU) 13909-09-6 P65
1-(2-CHLOROETHYL)-3-CYCLOHEXYL-1-NITROSOUREA 13010-47-4 P65
1-ALLYL-4-METHOXYBENZENE 140-67-0 P65
1-AMINO-2,4-DIBROMOANTHRAQUINONE 81-49-2 P65
1-AMINO-2-METHYLANTHRAQUINONE 82-28-0 P65
1-EPOXYETHYL-3,4-EPIXYCYCLOHEXANE 106-87-6 P65
1-METHYL-1-NITROSO-3-NITROGUANIDINE 70-25-7 P65
1-METHYL-2-NITROBENZENE 88-72-2 P65
1-NITROPYRENE 5522-43-0 P65
1-[(5-NITROFURFURYLIDENE)-AMINO]-2-IMIDAZOLIDINONE 555-84-0 P65
2',3,4,5,5'-PENTACHLOROBIPHENYL (PCB-124) 70424-70-3 P65-MC
2',3,4-TRICHLOROBIPHENYL (PCB-33) 38444-86-9 P65-MC
2,2',3,3',4,4',5,5',6,6'-DECACHLOROBIPHENYL (PCB-209) 2051-24-3 P65-MC
2,2',3,3',4,4',5,5',6-NONACHLOROBIPHENYL (PCB-206) 40186-72-9 P65-MC
2,2',3,3',4,4',5,5'-OCTACHLOROBIPHENYL (PCB-194) 35694-08-7 P65-MC
2,2',3,3',4,4',5,6,6'-NONACHLOROBIPHENYL (PCB-207) 52663-79-3 P65-MC
2,2',3,3',4,4',5,6-OCTACHLOROBIPHENYL 52663-78-2 P65-MC
2,2',3,3',4,4',5-HEPTACHLOROBIPHENYL 35065-30-6 P65-MC
2,2',3,3',4,4',6,6'-OCTACHLOROBIPHENYL 33091-17-7 P65-MC
2,2',3,3',4,4',6-HEPTACHLOROBIPHENYL (PCB-171) 52663-71-5 P65-MC
2,2',3,3',4,4'-HEXACHLOROBIPHENYL (PCB-128) 38380-07-3 P65-MC
2,2',3,3',4,5',6'-HEPTACHLOROBIPHENYL 52663-70-4 P65-MC
2,2',3,3',4,5',6,6'-OCTACHLOROBIPHENYL 40186-71-8 P65-MC
2,2',3,3',4,5',6-HEPTACHLOROBIPHENYL 40186-70-7 P65-MC
2,2',3,3',4,5'-HEXACHLOROBIPHENYL 52663-66-8 P65-MC
2,2',3,3',4,5,5',6'-OCTACHLOROBIPHENYL 52663-75-9 P65-MC
2,2',3,3',4,5,5',6,6'-NONACHLOROBIPHENYL (PCB-208) 52663-77-1 P65-MC
2,2',3,3',4,5,5',6-OCTACHLOROBIPHENYL 68194-17-2 P65-MC
2,2',3,3',4,5,5'-HEPTACHLOROBIPHENYL 52663-74-8 P65-MC
2,2',3,3',4,5,6'-HEPTACHLOROBIPHENYL 38411-25-5 P65-MC
2,2',3,3',4,5,6,6'-OCTACHLOROBIPHENYL 52663-73-7 P65-MC
2,2',3,3',4,5,6-HEPTACHLOROBIPHENYL 68194-16-1 P65-MC
2,2',3,3',4,5-HEXACHLOROBIPHENYL (PCB-129) 55215-18-4 P65-MC
2,2',3,3',4,6'-HEXACHLOROBIPHENYL 38380-05-1 P65-MC
2,2',3,3',4,6,6'-HEPTACHLOROBIPHENYL 52663-65-7 P65-MC
2,2',3,3',4,6-HEXACHLOROBIPHENYL 61798-70-7 P65-MC
2,2',3,3',4-PENTACHLOROBIPHENYL 52663-62-4 P65-MC
2,2',3,3',5,5',6,6'-OCTACHLOROBIPHENYL (PCB-202) 2136-99-4 P65-MC
2,2',3,3',5,5',6-HEPTACHLOROBIPHENYL 52663-67-9 P65-MC
2,2',3,3',5,5'-HEXACHLOROBIPHENYL 35694-04-3 P65-MC
2,2',3,3',5,6'-HEXACHLOROBIPHENYL 52744-13-5 P65-MC
2,2',3,3',5,6,6'-HEPTACHLOROBIPHENYL 52663-64-6 P65-MC
2,2',3,3',5,6-HEXACHLOROBIPHENYL (PCB-134) 52704-70-8 P65-MC
2,2',3,3',6,6'-HEXACHLOROBIPHENYL (PCB-136) 38411-22-2 P65-MC
2,2',3,3',6-PENTACHLOROBIPHENYL 52663-60-2 P65-MC
2,2',3,4',5',6-HEXACHLOROBIPHENYL (PCB-149) 38380-04-0 P65-MC
2,2',3,4',5'-PENTACHLOROBIPHENYL 41464-51-1 P65-MC
2,2',3,4',5,5',6-HEPTACHLOROBIPHENYL (PCB-187) 52663-68-0 P65-MC
2,2',3,4',5,5'-HEXACHLOROBIPHENYL 51908-16-8 P65-MC
2,2',3,4',5,6'-HEXACHLOROBIPHENYL 74472-41-6 P65-MC
2,2',3,4',5,6,6'-HEPTACHLOROBIPHENYL 74487-85-7 P65-MC
2,2',3,4',5,6-HEXACHLOROBIPHENYL 68194-13-8 P65-MC
2,2',3,4',5-PENTACHLOROBIPHENYL 68194-07-0 P65-MC
2,2',3,4',6'-PENTACHLOROBIPHENYL 60233-25-2 P65-MC
2,2',3,4',6,6'-HEXACHLOROBIPHENYL 68194-08-1 P65-MC
2,2',3,4',6-PENTACHLOROBIPHENYL 68194-05-8 P65-MC
2,2',3,4'-TETRACHLOROBIPHENYL 36559-22-5 P65-MC
2,2',3,4,4',5',6-HEPTACHLOROBIPHENYL 52663-69-1 P65-MC
2,2',3,4,4',5'-HEXACHLOROBIPHENYL 35065-28-2 P65-MC
2,2',3,4,4',5,5',6-OCTACHLOROBIPHENYL 52663-76-0 P65-MC
2,2',3,4,4',5,5'-HEPTACHLOROBIPHENYL (PCB-180) 35065-29-3 P65-MC
2,2',3,4,4',5,6'-HEPTACHLOROBIPHENYL 60145-23-5 P65-MC
2,2',3,4,4',5,6,6'-OCTACHLOROBIPHENYL 74472-52-9 P65-MC
2,2',3,4,4',5,6-HEPTACHLOROBIPHENYL 74472-47-2 P65-MC
2,2',3,4,4',5-HEXACHLOROBIPHENYL 35694-06-5 P65-MC
2,2',3,4,4',6'-HEXACHLOROBIPHENYL 59291-64-4 P65-MC
2,2',3,4,4',6,6'-HEPTACHLOROBIPHENYL 74472-48-3 P65-MC
2,2',3,4,4',6-HEXACHLOROBIPHENYL 56030-56-9 P65-MC
2,2',3,4,4'-PENTACHLOROBIPHENYL 65510-45-4 P65-MC
2,2',3,4,5',6-HEXACHLOROBIPHENYL 68194-14-9 P65-MC
2,2',3,4,5'-PENTACHLOROBIPHENYL (PCB-87) 38380-02-8 P65-MC
2,2',3,4,5,5',6-HEPTACHLOROBIPHENYL (PCB-185) 52712-05-7 P65-MC
2,2',3,4,5,5'-HEXACHLOROBIPHENYL 52712-04-6 P65-MC
2,2',3,4,5,6'-HEXACHLOROBIPHENYL 68194-15-0 P65-MC
2,2',3,4,5,6,6'-HEPTACHLOROBIPHENYL 74472-49-4 P65-MC
2,2',3,4,5,6-HEXACHLOROBIPHENYL 41411-61-4 P65-MC
2,2',3,4,5-PENTACHLOROBIPHENYL 55312-69-1 P65-MC
2,2',3,4,6'-PENTACHLOROBIPHENYL 73575-57-2 P65-MC
2,2',3,4,6,6'-HEXACHLOROBIPHENYL 74472-40-5 P65-MC
2,2',3,4,6-PENTACHLOROBIPHENYL (PCB-88) 55215-17-3 P65-MC
2,2',3,4-TETRACHLOROBIPHENYL 52663-59-9 P65-MC
2,2',3,5'-TETRACHLOROBIPHENYL (PCB-44) 41464-39-5 P65-MC
2,2',3,5,5',6-HEXACHLOROBIPHENYL 52663-63-5 P65-MC
2,2',3,5,5'-PENTACHLOROBIPHENYL 52663-61-3 P65-MC
2,2',3,5,6'-PENTACHLOROBIPHENYL 73575-55-0 P65-MC
2,2',3,5,6,6'-HEXACHLOROBIPHENYL 68194-09-2 P65-MC
2,2',3,5,6-PENTACHLOROBIPHENYL 73575-56-1 P65-MC
2,2',3,5-TETRACHLOROBIPHENYL 70362-46-8 P65-MC
2,2',3,6'-TETRACHLOROBIPHENYL 41464-47-5 P65-MC
2,2',3,6,6'-PENTACHLOROBIPHENYL 73575-54-9 P65-MC
2,2',3,6-TETRACHLOROBIPHENYL 70362-45-7 P65-MC
2,2',4',5-TETRABROMOBIPHENYL EDF-323 P65-MC
2,2',4,4',5,5'-HEXACHLOROBIPHENYL (PCB-153) 35065-27-1 P65-MC
2,2',4,4',5,6'-HEXACHLOROBIPHENYL 60145-22-4 P65-MC
2,2',4,4',6,6'-HEXACHLOROBIPHENYL (PCB-155) 33979-03-2 P65-MC
2,2',4,4'-TETRACHLOROBIPHENYL (PCB-47) 2437-79-8 P65-MC
2,2',4,5',6-PENTACHLOROBIPHENYL 60145-21-3 P65-MC
2,2',4,5'-TETRACHLOROBIPHENYL (PCB-49) 41464-40-8 P65-MC
2,2',4,5,5'-PENTACHLOROBIPHENYL (PCB-101) 37680-73-2 P65-MC
2,2',4,5,6'-PENTACHLOROBIPHENYL 68194-06-9 P65-MC
2,2',4,5-TETRACHLOROBIPHENYL 70362-47-9 P65-MC
2,2',4,6,6'-PENTACHLOROBIPHENYL (PCB-104) 56558-16-8 P65-MC
2,2',4,6-TETRACHLOROBIPHENYL (PCB-50) 62796-65-0 P65-MC
2,2',4,6-TETRACHLOROBIPHENYL (PCB-51) 68194-04-7 P65-MC
2,2',4-TRICHLOROBIPHENYL 37680-66-3 P65-MC
2,2',5,5'-TETRACHLOROBIPHENYL (PCB-52) 35693-99-3 P65-MC
2,2',5,6'-TETRACHLOROBIPHENYL (PCB-53) 41464-41-9 P65-MC
2,2',5-TRICHLOROBIPHENYL (PCB-18) 37680-65-2 P65-MC