As a good friend of mine who died from cancer years ago told me, just living causes cancer. He never drank nor did he ever use any tobacco products. There was no family history of cancer and he ate a very healthy diet. His entire life was a model example of what living an anti-cancer lifestyle is all about and yet, he developed cancer in a number of his organs and it killed him within just three months.

Another acquaintance of mine some years back, who was a cancer researcher, told me that virtually every product in a grocery, clothing or department store can cause cancer and should have a warning label as such. He also led a healthy life and later on, I heard that he had died from cancer.

Fried foods cause cancer. Sugary foods and drink cause cancer. Processed foods cause cancer. Barbecued meats cause cancer. Scalding hot beverages cause cancer. Cigarettes and other tobacco products cause cancer. Vaping causes cancer. Starchy foods cause cancer. Too much alcohol causes cancer. Fast food causes cancer. Salt-cured meat and fish can cause cancer. Some of the ingredients in toothpaste, deodorant, cosmetics and plastics cause cancer. Chemicals found in our food and water supply cause cancer. Asbestos causes cancer. Tar and pitch cause cancer. Round-Up causes cancer. Sunlight causes cancer. Radiation causes cancer. Some medicines cause cancer. Some hormones cause cancer. Some genes in our DNA cause cancer. Working the night shift may help cause cancer. Coal causes cancer. Diesel exhaust causes cancer. Wood dust causes cancer. Birth control and estrogens cause cancer. Testosterone products cause cancer. Steroids cause cancer. Obesity causes cancer. Breast implants can cause cancer. 9-11 dust and debris cause cancer. Silica causes cancer. And the list goes on and on.

To add to the never-ever daunting list of products and items that cause cancer, more specifically breast cancer, is hair dye, as reported:

A new study reported this week claims that of the thousands of ingredients that go into hair products used to dye and straighten our hair, some might play a role in kick-starting breast cancer in women already at risk. But before you panic and throw out your box of dye, there are a few things we need to explain here.

“Researchers have been studying the possible link between hair dye and cancer for a long time, but results have been inconsistent,” says one of the study authors, epidemiologist Alexandra White from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS).

In this case, the researchers went looking amongst a cohort of people who have breast cancer in the family – so ones who are already in a higher risk group.

Among nearly 47,000 women with sisters diagnosed with breast cancer, researchers from NIEHS and the University of North Carolina identified a significant increase in incidences of the disease among those who dyed or straightened their hair frequently.

With a world filled with tens of thousands of cancer causing agents and now with this report about hair dyes, perhaps it’s time for ladies to think about letting their hair go natural.