mutagen

“We may have to start thinking of higher temperatures such as those found in mammals as a mutagen for fungi,” he says.

This finding expands the knowledge of formaldehyde, previously considered only as a DNA mutagen, and helps establishing a further link with cancer.

Research also found that it is a mutagen, meaning it can alter DNA.

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

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