benzanthracene

Biogeochemistry of benzanthracene in an enclosed marine ecosystem.

Marijuana smoke also contains twice as many cancer-producing substances (benzanthracene and benzopyrene) as a tobacco cigarette of the same weight.

Toxic Substances Portal - Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons A resource summarizing many toxicological aspects of benzanthracene and other polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.

In the latest experiments, the scientists injected 29 rats with either a low dose or a high dose of a synthetic version of sulforaphane, and then followed up with a shot of dimethyl benzanthracene (DMBA), a toxin known to cause mammary tumors.

Why would anyone want to smoke a crude drug like marijuana, which contains more than 60 cannabinoids and 360 other toxic chemical compounds (including heavy amounts of cancer-producing substances such as benzanthracene, benzopyrene and vinyl chloride), and has negative long-term cardiovascular, respiratory and other effects?