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Article: Review finds little risk of cancer from hair dye
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- May 25, 2005
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A review of nearly 40 years of research suggests that hair dye
poses little or no risk of cancer.
Skeptics, however, say safety questions remain.
The report is the latest addition to a long debate over a cosmetic
practice used by millions worldwide. It is estimated that in Europe
and North America, one-third of women 18 and older and 10 percent of
men over 40 color their hair, the study said. The analysis appears in
today's Journal of the American Medical Association.
Researchers have gone back and forth over whether hair dyes pose
any cancer risk. The new analysis pooled results from nearly 80
previous studies on numerous types of cancer, including bladder,
breast, skin, leukemia and ...