Billions of dollars worth of drugs have been pulled from the market for less carcinogenic contamination than a serving of grilled chicken.
In 2018, one of the best-selling blood pressure drugs, valsartan, was sold as Diovan found to be contaminated with a “probably carcinogenic” nitrosamine called N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA). Around 20 million people around the world are believed to have been prescribed medication contaminated with this contaminant, which poses a cancer risk. is shown which exceeds many known potent carcinogens such as asbestos, PCBs and benzo(a)pyrene.
As I discuss in my video NDMA causes cancer in drugs (Zantac, Metformin) and meatUS Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is assumed that taking this drug over several years can cause cancer in 1 in 8,000 people, while in Europe equal The FDA estimates that the risk of cancer may be as high as 1 in 5,000. Not likely, researchers wrote in this 2019 paper that drugs like valsartan are “a rare case.” And indeed, after a few months, the FDA announced it found NDMA in ranitidine. Ranitidine, an acid reflux medicine was sold as Zantac is one of the most is established drugs on the planet, in addition to the elimination of sales.
Then in 2020, some formulations of metformin, a popular diabetes drug, were sold as Glucophage. found to be contaminated In to find NDMA in generic drugs led the FDA to call me to immediately withdraw all Zantac from store shelves, withdraw the drug from the market because of its testing showed NDMA levels, in some cases, may exceed the accepted daily intake of 96 nanograms per day. It was so bad that the FDA found The level of this carcinogenic contaminant in Zantac is similar to your exposure level if you eat grilled or smoked meat!
Wait, what?
NDMA is not only found in contaminated drugs. It is is a byproduct of tire factories, pesticide production, and leather tanning, and it is found in foods and beverages, including processed meats and beer. Now that we know that NDMA can delivery through the placenta, it can explain association between maternal consumption of cured meats during pregnancy and risk of brain tumors in the child. For example, eating hot dogs during pregnancy can increase the risk of brain tumors in children by 33% and sausages by 44%. Eating bacon can increase your risk of developing brain tumors by 60 or 70%. But it’s not just processed meat. Researchers have found as well as in poultry products. One piece of chicken has over 100 nanograms of NDMA, as you can see below and at 3:02 in my video.
Remember how the FDA said Is the daily intake limit 96 nanograms? Just half a chicken breast includes 110 nanograms.
Now, raw poultry does not contain any NDMA; it comes from the cooking process. In fact, cooking meat in dry heat, such as broiling or grilling, even creates Airborne NDMA releases this highly carcinogenic compound into the air. So, even if you’re eating at a coal-fired restaurant, just being indoors where meat is being grilled can pose a cancer risk.
There are also nitrosamines found in cigarette smoke and pressured the tobacco industry to remove them, arguing that “there is no logical reason why a secreted carcinogen should remain in a consumer product…”. That was the reason Zantac was there drew from store shelves.
Well, let’s get this straight. Zantac – that is It was one of the best-selling drugs in history and earned billions of dollars drew off the market because it contained a potential carcinogen that exceeded the acceptable daily limit, but there to be more than a pollutant in a piece of chicken?! So my question is: Why don’t they pull the chicken off the shelves too?
Dr.’s comment
NDMA is a nitrosamine, a class of carcinogens also found in processed meats. For example, see How much cancer does lunch meat cause?.
How can you make meat less cancerous? see Carcinogens in meat.
Is organic meat less carcinogenic? Watch the video to find out.
Note: The article was shown at 1:04 video I have been referring to it since then took it back due to analytical artifact.
