Some of these are known, and many more aren't. At least one out of four people will develop some form of cancer during their lifetime, some of the most common ones being prostrate cancer and non-malignant skin cancers. The single best prevention for cancer is to not use tobacco products . Of course, there are many other components to a healthy life style that reduce your risk of cancer such as proper diet and exercise. If the MSDS says that a substance can cause malignancies treat it with the utmost care and respect.
Malignant cancers are fatal in the vast majority of cases.
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