You've probably heard the word "carcinogen" pop up in news stories and wondered what that means. A carcinogen is something that can cause you to have cancer. It may be a substance in the air, a ...

Share on Pinterest Diet soda is a widely consumed product that contains the artificial sweetener aspartame. Krit of Studio OMG/Getty Images World Health Organization (WHO) officials declared aspartame ...

State officials reportedly warned a BioLab fire could have created cancer-causing chromium, but testing was later excluded.

The WHO has declared aspartame, a food additive used frequently in diet soda and other low-calorie beverages, "possibly" carcinogenic to humans, but did not make any changes to its recommendations for ...

A group of scientific advisers to the Environmental Protection Agency voted unanimously Wednesday to approve a recommendation that a chemical used in the manufacture of Teflon and other nonstick and ...

The World Health Organization’s cancer research agency, the International Agency for Research on Cancer, has declared the artificial sweetener aspartame a possible carcinogen. The organization ...

On the hunt for drugs contaminated with a likely carcinogen, the FDA initially tested and cleared generic diabetes med metformin. But now, after an independent lab challenged those findings, the FDA ...

Johnson & Johnson said Wednesday that it is recalling five of its sunscreen products after some samples were found to contain low levels of benzene, a chemical that can cause cancer with repeated ...

The US Food and Drug Administration announced a recall last week for two medications made by Lupin Pharmaceuticals that treat high blood pressure (also known as hypertension). The medications, tablets ...

The products contain benzoyl peroxide, which can produce the carcinogen benzene under certain conditions La Roche-Posay; SLMD; Walgreens The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has announced a voluntary ...