Toxic Metals as Emerging Risk Factors for Hormone-Related Reproductive Cancers
By
Milena Anđelković
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Summary
This article examines how industrialization has led to global environmental pollution with toxic metals (cadmium, lead, mercury, arsenic, nickel, and chromium), and how lifelong exposure to these metals—even at low levels—poses health risks due to their accumulation and long biological half-lives. It highlights that some of these metals are classified as proven or probable human carcinogens by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), specifically focusing on their emerging role as risk factors in hormone-related reproductive cancers.
Key quotes
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Lifelong exposure to toxic metals, even at low levels, endangers human health due to their accumulation and long biological half-lives.
Additionally, some of these metals are classified as proven or probable human carcinogens according to the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) (Group 1).
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