Assertion: nitrate | /r/HasProperty | carcinogenic
Facets:
value: probably
type: DEGREE
value: such as those
type: OTHER
value: to humans
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: In 2006, the World Health Organization’s International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) concluded that nitrate or nitrite were probably carcinogenic to humans when ingested under conditions without antioxidant exposure — such as those that are seen in processed meats — as antioxidants are known to inhibit the endogenous formation of N-nitroso compounds.2