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Jump to full article: Melbourne (Vic) Herald Sun (au), 2008-02-04
Author: Fay Burstin and Katherine Firkin
Intro: BREAST implants, mobile phones, deodorant and coffee are unlikely to cause cancer, according to a report designed to ease panic that everything can be carcinogenic.
The new cancer myth-busting report by an Australian specialist assesses the likely risk of 50 known carcinogens and a few old chestnuts to try to put into perspective the risks of contracting the disease.
Smoking cigarettes, drinking alcohol, deliberate exposure to sunlight and some rare cancer drugs sit in the highest-risk bracket for proved carcinogens. . . .
The research, released today to coincide with World Cancer Day, ranks potential carcinogens into five categories: proven, likely, inferred, unknown or unlikely risk of cancer.
Prof Stewart hoped the report would clarify confusion and help people identify their risk based on exposure to a cancer-causing agent. "For instance, we know that arsenic is carcinogenic," he said.
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