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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

DALLAS (AP) — A new Texas law promoting the Trump administration’s “Make America Healthy Again” agenda requires first-ever warning labels on foods like chips and candies that contain dyes and ...

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 ...

AUSTIN, Texas - A bill signed into law by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Sunday could have sweeping implications for the nation's food industry. The first-of-its-kind legislation requires manufacturers of ...

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 ...