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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 76. Chapters: Aromatic hydrocarbon, Polonium, Thorium, Carcinogen, Thalidomide, Americium, Plutonium, Alcohol and cancer, Carcinogenesis, Diethylstilbestrol, Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon, Benzo(a)pyrene, List of IARC Group 3 carcinogens, Calcium arsenate, 3-MCPD, Sunset Yellow FCF, List of IARC Group 2B carcinogens, Heterocyclic amine, List of IARC Group 1 carcinogens, Kepone, Sudan I, Ptaquiloside, Bromate, Sudan IV, Hexamethylphosphoramide, 2-Acetylaminofluorene, Aristolochic acid, Furylfuramide, List of IARC Group 2A carcinogens, Thorotrast, Tobacco-specific nitrosamines, N-Nitroso-N-methylurea, Sudan III, Methylcholanthrene, 3-Nitrobenzanthrone, Arsenic tribromide, 7,12-Dimethylbenz(a)anthracene, N-Nitrosonornicotine, Methiocarb, Benzopyrene, 1,2-Dimethylhydrazine, Acetoxyacetylaminofluorene, Co-carcinogen, Ethionine, 4-Nitroquinoline 1-oxide, 4,4'-Thiodianiline, Ultraviolet light and cancer, Methyl-n-amylnitrosamine, Azoxymethane, NNK, Photocarcinogen, Hydroxyacetylaminofluorene, Hepatocarcinogen. Excerpt: Plutonium ( -nee- m) is a transuranic radioactive chemical element with the chemical symbol Pu and atomic number 94. It is an actinide metal of silvery-white appearance that tarnishes when exposed to air, forming a dull coating when oxidized. The element normally exhibits six allotropes and four oxidation states. It reacts with carbon, halogens, nitrogen and silicon. When exposed to moist air, it forms oxides and hydrides that expand the sample up to 70% in volume, which in turn flake off as a powder that can spontaneously ignite. It is also radioactive and can accumulate in the bones. These properties make the improper handling of plutonium dangerous. Plutonium is the heaviest primordial element (see also primordial nuclide), by virtue of its most stable isotope, plutonium-244, whose half-life of about 80 million years...
