Alcohol Industry Accused of Misleading Public Over Cancer Risk

Researchers looked at the websites of 28 organizations around the world representing the alcohol industry and concluded that by far the majority distort or misrepresent the evidence of an alcohol-related cancer risk.

So what you might see is that certain health problems related to alcohol consumption are discussed on the website, but cancer is missing, or specific types of cancer are missing, particularly breast cancer or colorectal cancer.

The Washington D.C.-based International Alliance for Resposible Drinking is accused of misleading the public over the risk of contracting specific types of cancer and trying to confuse the issue by highlighting a range of other risk factors.