Answer: option C. they cause cancer.
Justification:
1) The word carcinogen is a medical term and means tha can cause cancer. You can find it in a dictionary. The termination - gen means something that produces (generate) so, carcinogen = cancer + produce.
2) It is used for any substance that produces or can (potentiallyI produce cancer.
The carcinogens are supposed to cause changes in the genome, this is theyproduce an abnormal growing of the cells. Some substances classified are carcinogens are radioactive nuclei, asbestos, tobacco, among others.
