Assertion: arsenic | /r/HasProperty | carcinogenic
Facets:
value: probably
type: DEGREE
value: since the 1880s
type: TEMPORAL
value: through exposure by drinking water
type: MANNER
value: at low levels of exposure.30
type: TEMPORAL
value: to humans
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has classified arsenic and arsenic compounds as carcinogenic to humans, and has also stated that arsenic in drinking-water is carcinogenic to humans.
text: Arsenic is also thought to be carcinogenic, meaning that it has the potential to cause cancer.
text: It is carcinogenic, the inorganic form being the most harmful, and
text: The report stated both arsenic and antimony were toxic and carcinogenic.
text: Since the 1880s, when the arsenic compounds used in medicine were associated for the first time with human cancer, arsenic has been known to be carcinogenic, especially at low levels of exposure.30
text: The fate of arsenic in natural waters has received little attention in past years, in spite of the fact that arsenic is toxic and probably carcinogenic through exposure by drinking water.