Most people have no idea that alcohol is known to contribute to cancer, but it’s been common knowledge among doctors and cancer researchers for years. Today, the Surgeon General released a report with statistics and recommendations to reduce the risk of cancer from drinking. Here’s what you need to know. Yes, alcohol is widely agreed to be a cause of cancerIt is rare that scientists will come right out and say that something “causes” cancer (versus, say, “increases the risk of”), but in the case of alcohol, you won’t find much shyness about it. Words like “cause” and “causal” occur 49 times in the new report.The International Agency for Research on Cancer, the same group that called aspartame “possibly” carcinogenic (group 2B) and red meat “probably” carcinogenic (group 2A), has placed alcoholic beverages in group 1, the straight-up carcinogens, alongside cigarettes and ionizing radiation. They say: “The relationship between alcohol consumption
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