Open AccessTesting their metal.
Author(s) -
Brandy E. Fisher
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
environmental health perspectives
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257
H-Index - 282
eISSN - 1552-9924
pISSN - 0091-6765
DOI - 10.1289/ehp.99107a244
Subject(s) - international agency , cancer , heavy metals , environmental health , agency (philosophy) , carcinogen , environmental chemistry , toxicology , environmental protection , chemistry , environmental science , medicine , biology , genetics , biochemistry , philosophy , epistemology
Metals continually rank at the top of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's annual list of agents that pose the greatest hazard to the people of the United States. Metals aren't going away, either. They do not biodegrade, and they often concentrate in human and animal cells and tissue. Many metals are known human and animal carcinogens, while many others are suspected to play a role in cancer. Little is known, however, about the mechanisms by which metals cause cancer.