Friday, July 10, 2009

Cancer-causing Chemicals in Tobacco smoke

Tar - a mixture of dangerous chemicals.
Arsenic -
used in wood preservatives.
Benzene - an industrial solvent, refined from crude oil.
Cadmium - used in batteries.
Formaldehyde - used in mortuaries and paint manufacturing.
Polonium.210 - a higly radioactive element.
Chromium - used to manufacture dye, paints and alloys.

1,3-butadiene -
used in rubber manufacturing.
Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons - a group of dangerous DNA-damaging chemicals.
Nitrosamines - another group of DNA-damaging chemicals.
Acrolein - formerly used as a chemical weapon.
Hydrogen Cyanide - used as an industrial pesticide.
Carbon Monoxide - found in car exhausts and used in chemical m,anufacturing.
Nitrogen Oxides - a major component of smog.
Ammonia - used to make fertilisers and explosives.

'How do you feel about your smoking now ?'
Geoff.


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