genotoxic
Britishadjective
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"To put this in context, the European Food Safety Authority has a threshold of toxicological concern for all genotoxic substances of 0.15 micrograms per person per day," Schiffman said.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026
"Specifically, we could eliminate the use of radiation and genotoxic chemotherapy called busulfan, with exceptional outcomes."
From Science Daily ● Nov. 7, 2025
But they contain carcinogenic and genotoxic ingredients that have been banned by the UK government.
From BBC ● Dec. 11, 2023
For instance, the risk of colon cancer in mice increases in the presence of particular strains of Escherichia coli that express a gene cluster that produces a genotoxic secondary metabolite called colibactin15.
From Nature ● Jul. 5, 2016
Both agencies note that there is some so-called "genotoxic" evidence that exposure to glyphosate can alter or damage DNA in animal or human cells, but this evidence is then viewed in different contexts.
From Reuters ● Nov. 17, 2015
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