Acrylamide can cause tumor formation due to its carcinogenicity. A carcinogen is any substance that causes or contributes to the growth of tumors, either benign or malignant. Researchin rats found a definite correlation between acrylamide exposure and cancer development and that changes on a genetic or chromosomal level could be another cause of the tumors. This contributes to the theory that acrylamide is also a genotoxin, a substance that causes changes in genetic code. Despite the lack of proper research on humans, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) declared acrylamide a potential human carcinogen in 1994.

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