Increased exposure to carcinogens in the air is increasing the incidence of cancers of the lungs, bladder, breast, prostate, and blood, said health experts on National Cancer Awareness Day on Thursday.
Dr V G Somani, director of the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) under the health ministry, has directed directorates of drug controls across states and UTs saying, “It has been reported from other countries that some ranitidine medicines contain nitrosamine impunity called N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) at low levels.”
