World Health Organization Links Alcohol to Cancer

“For the WHO to classify alcohol as a level 1 carcinogen is highly irresponsible,” he tells Bicycling. “There’s no doubt that high quantities of alcohol increase risk significantly for several types of cancer, as well as other health issues. But to say absolutely no amount is safe, for something that’s been consumed over thousands of years, seems alarmist.”

If alcohol, on its own, were as toxic as the report suggests, Dr. Anton Bilchik adds, that would lead to far more cancer worldwide than has been diagnosed.

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