• Sigmatics@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    So what are these hazardous products that are currently on the market?

    • wax@lemmy.wtf
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      1 year ago

      The link in the article mentions six groups of substances (anilines, arsenic, cadmium, chromium, mycotoxins and PAHs) as known or presumed carcinogenic. Another list gives suspected carcinogenic chemicals. These include acrylamide and some aprotic solvents, benzophenones, flame retardants, perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and pesticides. Benzene, formaldehyde and silica dust, which are used widely, are not on this list but are associated with leukaemia and lung cancer.

      https://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/environmental-burden-of-cancer/chemicals

      No idea about concrete products though. PFAS is in frying pans (teflon) and Gore-Tex at least.