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Synthetic chemicals cause only
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1-5% of all human cancers
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>1 million chemical substances are known
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~3 thousand produced in high volumes
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Full information available for 7%
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Tests (mutagenicity but not
carcinogenicity)
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cost $200,000 per chemical
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