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Article: China's health ministry says link between hair dye and cancer unproved
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- April 26, 2006
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China's health ministry says link between hair dye and cancer
unproved
BEIJING, April 25 (Xinhua) --China's Ministry of Health said
Tuesday that while it is very likely that hair dye leads to
allergies, the link between hair dye and cancer is unproved.
An official with the ministry warned that the public should
carefully read labels and instructions of the hair dye products
before they dye their hair.
He said most ingredients of hair dye products contain allergenic
chemicals and allergic reactions occur according to the sensitivity
of the consumer's body, which might range from partial allergy to
large-scale allergy.
The official cited evaluation result by the International Agency
for ...