Exposure to heavy metals such as mercury, cadmium, lead, or arsenic can also lead to glutathione depletion
After release into S phase for 6 h, cells were fixed and immunostained with the indicated antibodies
The Osteoarthritis Research Society International (OARSI) scoring system was used to evaluate the degeneration of articular cartilage (25)
The study reported lower risks for several cancers, including hepatocellular, colorectal, breast, and prostate cancers, though it did not find a significant reduction in lung cancer risk.25 So the honest answer is this: current human evidence does not show that NAC causes cancer, but animal and mechanistic research suggests NAC could behave differently depending on cancer type, disease stage, dose, and treatment context