The evidence shows nicotine-based vapes are likely to cause oral and lung cancer. We just don’t yet know how many cases it will cause.
- Professor, Paediatrics and Child Health, UNSW
Un petit noir peut-il accroître le risque de cancer ? Pour l’OMS, la réponse était « peut-être » jusqu’à récemment. Les études ont dédouané le café, mais pointent le risque de boire trop chaud.
Scalding injury to body tissue is not known to cause cancer. But experimental data suggest cancer may arise when injured tissue then comes into contact with carcinogens.
The World Health Organization classifies the common herbicide glyphosate as “probably carcinogenic to humans”. But this doesn’t mean using it to kill weeds in playgrounds will hurt children.
The World Health Organisation has determined that eating processed meat definitely causes cancer, while eating red meat probably does.
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