Carcinogens

... is located in a gene called GSTA1, coding for glutathione S-transferase. This enzyme functions in the detoxification of xenobiotics, including carcinogens, therapeutic drugs and environmental toxins. It was present in the African-American population with a frequency of 23% while it was not ...

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... a little brainstroming here so I can understand how this actually happens. So the germline cells that produce sex cells ( ? ) gets the effects of carcinogens/radiation causing there to be mutations in them..so what actually happens that the effect of the mutation gets inherited? In a human. So ...

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... is wrong, I mistakenly defined "mutagen," not "carcinogen." A carcinogen is just any cancer-causing agent. Many mutagens are carcinogens.

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Will carcinogens have more of an impact over time if you were exposed at a younger age? I don't mean being exposed froma younger age, I'm talking about one exposure event that could occur at a young age or an old age. Perhaps ...

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... The confident claims of major risk offered here are not from scientists but folks impressed by the political aspects.Of curse there are carcinogens from smoke - mere chemical presence of a carcinogen does not mean major health risk.

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