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IT has been shown previously that cobalt metal powder suspended in fowl serum and injected intramuscularly into rats is a potent and rapid carcinogen. This metal produces mainly rhabdomyosarcomata1–3. Zinc and tungsten metal powders injected in the same way produce no tumours.
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HEATH, J., DANIEL, M., DINGLE, J. et al. Cadmium as a Carcinogen. Nature 193, 592–593 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/193592a0
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