Claim: Record mouth cancer rates are due to ethylene oxide on Covid-19 test swabs.
Fact-check: Mouth cancer rates not increased by Covid-19 test swabs - Full Fact
Verdict: ethylene oxide is carcinogenic in large enough exposures, but the amount on covid test swabs and the length of time we are exposed to them poses minimal risk. while mouth cancer rates in the uk at least are high, they have been increasing over many years.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Dr Fergus Brown
Date published: 2023-02-22T00:00:00