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Article: Researchers find no link between hair dye and Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
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- December 1, 1998
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12-01-1998
WASHINGTON (AP) _ A study involving more than 2,000 people concluded that the use of hair dye does not increase the risk of one type of cancer, a finding that contradicts some earlier, smaller studies.
``These are wonderfully negative results,'' said Elizabeth Holly, a University of California, San Francisco professor and lead author of the study. ``The results of our study, the largest one ever conducted, will hopefully make the large proportion of American women who color their hair feel much more comfortable about using these products.''
Holly said that her study had four times more men and women than a 1992 study that linked the use of hair dye with a 50 ...