February 18, 2005—The Department of Health and Human Services has added 17 new substances to its list of those the agency says causes cancer. In the 11th edition of its Report on Carcinogens, the list of cancer-causing materials has grown to a total of 246.
In particular, a host of substances used in industrial processes have been added to the “reasonably anticipated to be human carcinogens” list. They are: naphthalene, lead, cobalt sulfate, diazoaminobenzene, nitrobenzene, dibromoanthraquinone, thiodianiline and nitromethane.
The Report on Carcinogens is prepared by the National Toxicology Program and published every two years. It can be accessed through the HHS Web site.
