It is not alcohol, but rather its primary metabolite acetaldehyde which is the carcinogen. The precise mechanisms of acetaldehyde's carcinogenicity (or that of any other chemical) are highly complex ...

The country's top doctor wants a new warning added to alcohol that would alert drinkers about links to cancer, but don't expect cigarette-style warning labels any time soon. U.S. Surgeon General Dr.

A law going into effect Sept. 1 aims to “make Texas healthy again,” tapping into a national movement spurred by U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Senate Bill 25 requires ...

Alcohol is a factor in nearly 100,000 newly diagnosed cancers and roughly 20,000 deaths from the disease each year, according to U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy. An executive with the Distilled ...

The FDA is reportedly considering the addition of high-level warning labels to COVID vaccines, a move that some experts say ...

Consumer advocates have long argued that requiring companies to label the toxic chemicals in their products would steer people away from items that could harm them — or at least help them make ...

U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy is urging for alcohol to carry a warning label that advises consumers about cancer risk. The surgeon general said alcohol is the third leading preventable cause ...

We’ve all seen the dietary information on the back of our chip bags and cookie boxes. But do we actually read it? For years, advocates have argued that our labeling system doesn’t give shoppers the ...

Requiring warning labels on products with potentially toxic ingredients can obviously help keep them out of a careful consumer’s shopping cart. But a recent study shows that these “right-to-know” laws ...