Hair dyes cause blood cancer
Submitted by Anna Tomova on Mon, 06/23/2008 - 06:17.
It was found out by oncologists from Yale University that use of hair dyes increases the risk of lymphoma, that is cancer of the blood.
They examined the state of health of 4461 patients with such diagnosis and 5799 healthy patients. Among the participants in the survey 75% of women and 10% of men have at least once in their lives dyed their hair. Doctors have discovered that hair dyes increase the risk of cancer formations of blood by 30%, including chronic leukemia and follicle lymphoma. Substances in dyes led most often to follicle lymphoma - indelible form of cancer with high degree of malignity, researchers registered. It was also noted that the risk of dangerous diseases were lower among people who used black color dyes.
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