NDMA: Carcinogenic contaminant found in medicines and meat
A multibillion-dollar drug has been pulled from the market because it contained less carcinogens than a single serving of grilled chicken. In 2018, one of the best-selling blood pressure drugs, valsartan (sold as Diovan), was found to be contaminated with a “possibly carcinogenic” nitrosamine known as N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA). Approximately 20 million people worldwide are believed […]