Recall of medicine. The FDA has said it thinks the potential carcinogens, known as nitrosamine impurities, are a result of the manufacturing processes the companies used. (Photo: Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg)

A third potential cancer-causing contaminant has been found in a widely used blood-pressure medicine, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

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