mutagen

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These chemicals include carcinogens, mutagens, reproductive system and organ toxicants, and skin and respiratory irritants.

From Scientific American

Chloroprene is a mutagen, meaning it causes cancer by attacking and mutating DNA.

From Salon

“It’s nice to have a direct link between the tumor itself and the mutagens that caused it.”

From Scientific American

Every adult Witcher is a boy that lived through an array of assaults and mistreatment, before being injected with mutagens that might kill you anyway.

From Salon

That poses a narrower risk than other mutagens, like radiation, which can damage DNA in all types of cells.

From Seattle Times