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Any substance that becomes a carcinogen on exposure to light..
So I brought it to campus for testing and turns out there was a suspected endocrine disrupter and a photocarcinogen — a chemical that, when exposed to sunlight, has a carcinogenic potential to it.
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Photocarcinogen means Any substance that becomes a carcinogen on exposure to light..
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So I brought it to campus for testing and turns out there was a suspected endocrine disrupter and a photocarcinogen — a chemical that, when exposed to sunlight, has a carcinogenic potential to it.
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