IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of the Carcinogenic Risks to Humans Series 94

IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans

Ingested Nitrates and Nitrites, and Cyanobacterial Peptide Toxins

Paperback
March 2011
9789283212942
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  • Publisher
    World Health Organization
  • Published
    16th March 2011
  • ISBN 9789283212942
  • Language English
  • Pages 457 pp.
  • Size 6.75" x 9.5"
$66.00

This volume of the IARC Monographs provides an evaluation of the carcinogenicity of ingested nitrate and nitrite, and the cyanobacterial peptide toxins, microcystin-LR and nodularins. These agents are linked environmentally through the runoff of agricultural fertilizers that increase nitrogen concentrations in surface water and groundwater and that could contribute to cyanobacterial growth in surface water. Moreover, nitrate and nitrite are added to meat and fish for preservation as color fixatives and as flavoring agents. An IARC Monographs Working Group reviewed epidemiological evidence, animal bioassays, and mechanistic and other relevant data to reach conclusions as to the carcinogenic hazard of these agents to humans.

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