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Article: Hair dye study. (health effects of permanent hair dyes)
- Article from:
- FDA Consumer
- Article date:
- May 1, 1994
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Most use of permanent hair dyes does not significantly increase a woman's risk of cancer, according to a study conducted jointly by FDA and the American Cancer Society. The study of more than 575,000 women was published in the February 1994 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
The results of the study did suggest that prolonged, constant use--for 20 years or more--of black hair dye may slightly increase the risk of some rare types of cancer. These findings ...