No reason to fear the chemicals (Image: Monkey Business Images/REX)
Once again, headlines this week screamed about everyday chemicals that are supposedly “cancer causing”. People could be forgiven for being alarmed. But while stories like this seem to appear almost daily, the claims aren’t often supported by the science.
The publication that sparked the latest was a large of pre-existing studies published in the journal Carcinogenesis. It assessed the state of the evidence around cancer and a group of common chemicals that many people are likely to be exposed to, ranging from (used…
