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What is Carcinogen?

A. Drugs for curing infectious disease

B. Drugs used for curing cancer

C. Cancer causing agent

D. Food colourants

Answer: Option C

Solution(By Examveda Team)

A carcinogen is any substance, radionuclide, or radiation that promotes carcinogenesis, the formation of cancer. This may be due to the ability to damage the genome or to the disruption of cellular metabolic processes.

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