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EU abandons promise to ban toxic chemicals in consumer products
(www.theguardian.com)
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The link in the article mentions six groups of substances (anilines, arsenic, cadmium, chromium, mycotoxins and PAHs) as known or presumed carcinogenic. Another list gives suspected carcinogenic chemicals. These include acrylamide and some aprotic solvents, benzophenones, flame retardants, perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and pesticides. Benzene, formaldehyde and silica dust, which are used widely, are not on this list but are associated with leukaemia and lung cancer.
https://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/environmental-burden-of-cancer/chemicals
No idea about concrete products though. PFAS is in frying pans (teflon) and Gore-Tex at least.