Eek! Hair Dye Causes Breast Cancer!

How many women color their hair? I think most of my friends do. I don ' t and I am unusual among the women I know.But, brace yourselves, the news is now going to be filled with the warning that coloring your hair with anything but natural dyes will cause breast cancer and you will die very quickly. Why?Because a researcher in the UK said so:" Frequently dying your hair has been linked to an increased risk of developing breast cancer.According to a study by London surgeon Kefah Mokbel, women who colour their hair have a 14 per cent rise in rates of breast cancer.Professor Mokbel, who works at the Princess Grace Hospital in Marylebone, London, advises that women dye their hair no more than two to five times a year. "But here is the kicker:“Although further work is required to confirm our results, our findings suggest that exposure to hair dyes may contribute to breast cancer risk.”Professor Mokbel has also made clear that the link is merely a correlation: “The positive association between the use of hair dyes and breast cancer risk does not represent evidence of a cause-effect relationship,” he wrote on Facebook.You need to note the word ' CORRELATION ' before jumping to any conclusions. And then he opted to clarify more on Twitter (that ever so helpful 140 character way of communicating scientific and political information).In addition, there was a Finnish study which also found a link between hair dye and breast cancer risk. But that researcher points out more informa...
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