I heard that mouthwash can cause cancer. Is this correct?

TOBIAS,

There are certain articles which say that prolonged exposure to strong alcohol does cause a change to the tissues in the mouth, but oral cancer is greatly increased by drinking and smoking/chewing tobacco.

This is well known to dentists.

The alcohol used in some mouthwashes is perfectly SAFE.

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It may but what doesn't? So many things we use every day have “been linked to cancer”. I bet the benefit of mouthwash outweighs the chance of cancer. Also a lot of these things which cause cancer are only show to in huge amounts. Are you use 5 bottles of mouthwash a day? If not don't worry about it.

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If that was the case do you not think that it wouldn’t be sold in all these supermarkets, chemists, dental surgeries etc.

I think it is rubbish and if you listen to everything you would be frightenend to eat, breathe or do anything.

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I never heard of this

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no

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only if you drink it