Causing cancer (12)
I believe the answer is:
carcinogenic
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">causing cancer</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for carcinogenic that I've seen before include "Causing cancer" , "Producing cancer" .)