MIT study finds children more vulnerable to cancer-causing chemical in water
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A widely found contaminant, NDMA, may be much more dangerous for children than adults, according to new MIT research. Faster cell growth in young bodies appears to turn early DNA damage into cancer-driving mutations. Credit: Shutterstock A new study from MIT indicates that a cancer-causing chemical found in some medications and in drinking water contaminated by industrial activity may pose a much greater risk to children than to adults. In experiments with mice, researchers discovered that
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