Talc-treated rice and Japanese stomach cancer.
The Japanese prefer talc-dusted rice in their diet. The incidence of stomach cancer in Japan is unusually high. Most talc has some asbestos contaminants. Epidemiologic evidence is presented that the asbestos-contaminated talc on rice in the diet is the carcinogen or cocarcinogen responsible for the high incidence of Japanese stomach cancer.
D001194:Asbestos / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005503:Food Additives / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D012275:Oryza; D013274:Stomach Neoplasms / Q000139:chemically induced*; D013627:Talc / Q000009:adverse effects*
D005503:Food Additives; D001194:Asbestos; D013627:Talc