DDT is a carcinogen which was commonly used in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s.
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Carcinogen
//kɑɹˈsɪnəd͡ʒən//
Synonyms for "carcinogen" (2 found)
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32 translations across 23 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- քաղցկեղածին noun (substance or agent that can cause cancer)
Catalan
2 entries- cancerigen noun (substance or agent that can cause cancer)
- carcinogen noun (substance or agent that can cause cancer)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 致癌物質 /致癌物质 noun (substance or agent that can cause cancer)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 致癌物質 /致癌物质 noun (substance or agent that can cause cancer)
Czech
1 entries- karcinogen noun (substance or agent that can cause cancer)
Danish
1 entries- carcinogen noun (substance or agent that can cause cancer)
Dutch
2 entries- carcinogeen noun (substance or agent that can cause cancer)
- kankerverwekkende stof noun (substance or agent that can cause cancer)
Estonian
2 entries- kantserogeen noun (substance or agent that can cause cancer)
- kartsinogeen noun (substance or agent that can cause cancer)
Finnish
2 entries- karsinogeeni noun (substance or agent that can cause cancer)
- syöpää aiheuttava aine noun (substance or agent that can cause cancer)
French
2 entries- cancérogène noun (substance or agent that can cause cancer)
- carcinogène noun (substance or agent that can cause cancer)
German
1 entries- Karzinogen noun (substance or agent that can cause cancer)
Icelandic
1 entries- krabbameinsvaldur noun (substance or agent that can cause cancer)
Indonesian
1 entries- karsinogen noun (substance or agent that can cause cancer)
Irish
1 entries- carcanaigin noun (substance or agent that can cause cancer)
Italian
2 entries- agente cancerogeno noun (substance or agent that can cause cancer)
- prodotto cancerogeno noun (substance or agent that can cause cancer)
Japanese
1 entries- 発癌物質 noun (substance or agent that can cause cancer)
Malay
1 entries- karsinogen noun (substance or agent that can cause cancer)
Polish
1 entries- czynnik rakotwórczy noun (substance or agent that can cause cancer)
Portuguese
1 entries- carcinógeno noun (substance or agent that can cause cancer)
Russian
1 entries- канцероге́н noun (substance or agent that can cause cancer)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- karcinogen noun (substance or agent that can cause cancer)
- карциноген noun (substance or agent that can cause cancer)
Spanish
3 entries- cancerígeno noun (substance or agent that can cause cancer)
- carcinogénico noun (substance or agent that can cause cancer)
- carcinógeno noun (substance or agent that can cause cancer)
Welsh
1 entries- carsinogen noun (substance or agent that can cause cancer)
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DDT is a famous carcinogen.
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The remedy has come under fire lately as a possible carcinogen.
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It's thought that this compound could be a carcinogen.
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