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Is the hair dye henna a cause for cancer?

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Re your article on breast cancer (WDDTY, vol 9, no 7), I have either heard or read that henna, the hair dye, is not carcinogenic. If that is correct, perhaps your readers would be interested to know this. Beatrice Feder, London.......WDDTY replies: Light Mountain Henna Gray (Lotus Brands,Inc, PO Box 325, Twin Lakes, WI 53181) make a safe colouring product, according to Dr Samuel Epstein.

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