Synonyms for carcinogenic
car·cino·genic

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1. carcinogenicadjective

   causing or tending to cause cancer

   "the carcinogenic action of certain chemicals"

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1. oncogenic

   the propensity of something to create cancerous tumours.

   tobacco smoke has been found to be carcinogenic. tobacco smoke has been found to be oncogenic.

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1. List of paraphrases for "carcinogenic":

   cancer-causing, carcinogens, carcinogenicity

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1. Nada Kassem:

   In addition to inhaling toxicants and carcinogens found in the hookah tobacco smoke, hookah smokers, and non-smokers who socialize with them, also inhale large quantities of charcoal combustion-generated toxic and carcinogenic emissions.

2. David Spiegelhalter:

   Last year the IARC said that bacon is carcinogenic, but it became clear that when eaten in moderation it is not very risky. In the case of very hot drinks, the IARC concludes they are probably hazardous, but can't say how big the risk might be, this may be interesting science, but makes it difficult to construct a sensible response.

3. Nathan Berger:

   We need to make the public aware that there's no time that it's OK to be obese, what that means is you can't say,' Oh, what a cute, chubby little kid, but don't worry about it. They'll grow out of it.' Because what's happening is the little kid's obesity may already be affecting the carcinogenic process.

4. Sandra Steingraber:

   You can’t be neutral when people are being harmed, that’s like telling people who did studies on the carcinogenic effects of tobacco smoke to be neutral about smoking.

5. The French court:

   Despite the European Union's approval of the active substance (glyphosate), the court considered that scientific studies and animal experiments showed Roundup Pro 360 ... is a potentially carcinogenic product for humans, suspected of being toxic for human reproduction and for aquatic organisms.