Why Cancer Labels Are Super Misleading

What does it actually mean when a label says something ‘causes cancer’? Those labels can be misleading, but knowing the legal and scientific reasoning behind them can help. Hosted by: Hank Green Head to https://scishowfinds.com/ for hand selected artifacts of the universe! ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters: Lazarus G, Sam Lutfi, Nicholas Smith, D.A. Noe, سلطان الخليفي, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, Scott Satovsky Jr, Charles Southerland, Patrick D. Ashmore, Tim Curwick, charles george, Kevin Bealer, Chris Peters ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Biology_of_Cancer_Second_Edition.html?id=MzMmAgAAQBAJ https://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancer-causes/general-info/known-and-probable-human-carcinogens.html https://www.popsci.com/carcinogens-cancer-risk#page-2 https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/10/why-is-the-world-health-organization-so-bad-at-communicating-cancer-risk/412468/ http://scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org/2015/10/26/processed-meat-and-cancer-what-you-need-to-know/ https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2016-09/documents/caprolactam.pdf http://monographs.iarc.fr/ENG/Preamble/index.php https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1383571815002673 https://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/testing/types/cartox/index.html https://ntp.niehs.nih.gov/pubhealth/roc/index-1.html https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK248280/ https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanonc/article/PIIS1470-2045(16)30138-3/fulltext https://eic.rsc.org/feature/percivall-pott-chimney-sweeps-and-cancer/2020205.article https://wiki.cancer.org.au/policy/IARC_classifications https://oehha.ca.gov/proposition-65 https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/causes-prevention/risk/diet/acrylamide-fact-sheet https://www.cancer.org/latest-news/coffee-and-cancer-what-the-research-really-shows.html https://theconversation.com/fact-check-does-coffee-cause-cancer-95387 https://www.webmd.com/food-recipes/news/20180416/dont-ditch-the-coffee-over-cancer-risk-news https://www.theverge.com/2018/4/2/17181834/coffee-health-benefits-cancer-risk-california-ruling https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/23/upshot/california-coffee-and-cancer-one-of-these-doesnt-belong.html Images: http://www.thinkstockphotos.com/image/stock-photo-cigarette-pack-on-white-isolated-background/510242747 http://www.thinkstockphotos.com/image/stock-photo-cooked-bacon-rashers-close-up-isolated-on-a/508755080 http://www.thinkstockphotos.com/image/stock-photo-chimney-sweeper-working-on-the-roof/178050855 http://www.thinkstockphotos.com/image/stock-photo-old-bathtub/478141107 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Eastern_Cottontail.JPG https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:SalmonellaNIAID.jpg http://www.thinkstockphotos.com/image/stock-photo-various-types-of-sugar-from-above-on-wooden/940872774 http://www.thinkstockphotos.com/image/stock-photo-espresso-coffee-cup-with-beans-on-vintage/664313320 http://www.thinkstockphotos.com/image/stock-photo-blank-take-away-coffee-cup/681902698 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Normal_and_cancer_cells_structure.jpg