I heard something about underwire bras causing breast cancer. Well, unless they're using radioactive metal, I think it's a bunch of hogwash and decided to do some research.
Evidentally someone wrote a book and posed their own fantasy theory (to make their book sell) about this issue and now it has become a minor urban myth.
Please make sure your medical facts come from the medical experts, not gossip passed from one person to the next and definitely not from a non-expert trying to sell a book. Beware of conspiracy theories. There is no evil plot.
Never fear. Underwires do NOT cause cancer. Every single link shown below agrees with my hogwash opinion.
http://cancer.about.com/od/breastcancer/f/underwirebras.htm
http://askville.amazon.com/wearing-underwire-bras-breast-cancer/AnswerViewer.do?requestId=603714
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/OnCallPlusRiskAndPrevention/story?id=3636127
http://www.cancer.org/docroot/NWS/content/NWS_2_1x_Forwarded_Emails.asp
For a listing of more breast cancer myths, visit http://breastcancerisabitch.blogspot.com/2009/01/breast-cancer-myths.html#links
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