Perhaps Were Missing the Real Toxins

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Prof McCullough, chair of the ADA's therapeutics committee and associate

professor of oral medicine at the University of Melbourne, is calling on the ADA

to urgently re-assess its seal of approval on mouthwashes containing alcohol.

" We see people with oral cancer who have no other risk factors than the use of

alcohol-containing mouthwash, so what we've done in this study is review all the

evidence that's out there,'' he said.

" Since this article came out, further evidence has come out too. We believe

there should be warnings.

" If it was a facial cream that had the effect of reducing acne but had a four-

to five-fold increased risk of skin cancer, no one would be recommending it.''

Oral cancer is a grueling and mutilating disease that afflicts more than 800

Australians each year and kills half of them within five years of being

diagnosed. Smoking and alcohol consumption are well-established risk factors,

but alcohol-containing mouthwash use is more controversial.

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