Carcinogen Quotes

“The landscape of carcinogens is not static either. We are chemical apes: having discovered the capacity to extract, purify, and react molecules to produce new and wondrous molecules, we have begun to spin a new chemical universe around ourselves. Our bodies, our cells, our genes are thus being immersed and reimmersed in a changing flux of molecules--pesticides, pharmaceutical drugs, plastics, cosmetics, estrogens, food products, hormones, even novel forms of physical impulses, such as radiation and magnetism. Some of these, inevitably, will be carcinogenic. We cannot wish this world away; our task, then, is to sift through it vigilantly to discriminate bona fide carcinogens from innocent and useful bystanders.”
― Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer

“Things such as cigarettes give conformity the ability to cause cancer.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Ultraviolet light is a known carcinogen and can affect human health in many ways that are only just starting to be understood.”
― Steven Magee