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Article: Hair dyes might be tied to cancer, USC research says
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- October 19, 2001
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Sushma Subramanian
University Wire
10-19-2001
(Daily Trojan) (U-WIRE) LOS ANGELES -- Warning: dyeing hair might increase risk of bladder cancer.
A University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine research study shows a connection between permanent hair dye and bladder cancer and has spurred research by the European Union on the product's safety.
A number of arylamines, chemical compounds found in industrial dyes, were established as human bladder carcinogens about 50 years ago and have been under strict regulation for more than 40 years.
Along with cigarette smoke, hair dye represents a substantial source of the carcinogenic chemicals in the United States, where about one-third of ...