The World Health Organization says drinking alcohol is a well-established risk factor for a range of cancers, including tumours of the mouth, liver, breast and colon and bowel. The industry also seeks to mention a wide range of other real and potential cancer risk factors in an effort to present alcohol as just one of many, it added. “It has been argued that greater public awareness, particularly of the risk of breast cancer, poses a significant threat to the alcohol industry. When breast cancer was mentioned, 21 of the organisations studied gave no, or misleading, information about it, the study said. Ian Gilmore, chair of the Alcohol Health Alliance UK, said the study “clearly shows the alcohol industry misleading the public”.

Source: Mint September 08, 2017 06:45 UTC