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" ... have been tested for carcinogenicity, 11 out of 16 are carcinogens, including aflatoxin. In addition, from cooking our food, we eat thousands of chemicals that add up to about 2,000 milligrams per day. For example, only 12 chemicals in roasted coffee... "
Environmental Toxins and Children: Exploring the Risks : Hearing Before the ... - Page 165
by United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families - 1991
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EPA Journal, Volume 16; Volume 19

1990 - 392 pages
...For example, only 12 chemicals in roasted coffee have been tested; nine are carcinogens, totalling 9 milligrams per cup. Our tiny exposures to pesticide...also conclude that at the low doses of most human exposure, where cell-killing does not occur, the hazards may be much lower than is commonly assumed...
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Xenobiotics and Cancer: Implications for Chemical Carcinogenesis and Cancer ...

Takamatsu no Miya Hi Gan Kenkyū Kikin. International Symposium, Lars Ernster - 1991 - 394 pages
...and about half (27) are rodent carcinogens; these 27 are shown to be present in many common foods. We conclude that natural and synthetic chemicals are equally likely to be positive in animal cancer tests. The toxicology of synthetic chemicals is compared to that of natural chemicals,...
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Pesticides and Food Safety

1993 - 62 pages
...For example, only 12 chemicals in roasted coffee have been tested; nine are carcinogens, totalling 9 milligrams per cup. Our tiny exposures to pesticide...also conclude that at the low doses of most human exposure, where cell-killing does not occur, the hazards may be much lower than is commonly assumed...
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Chemical Pesticides Mode of Action and Toxicology

Jørgen Stenersen - 2004 - 298 pages
...tests, and 27 of them are rodent carcinogens; these are shown to be present in many common foods. They conclude that natural and synthetic chemicals are equally likely to be positive in animal cancer tests. The comparative risk of synthetic pesticide residues is insignificant. In cabbage...
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