By Robert S. Pezzolesi, Diane Riibe, Emma Woodford and Donald Zeigler
Despite being globally traded products consumed by millions of people, alcoholic drinks are psychoactive substances with health harming properties, not only if over-consumed but also at relatively low levels of consumption. Since alcohol is the world’s third largest cause of preventable cancers, the WHO’s International Agency for Research on Cancer stated in the European Code Against Cancer that ‘Not drinking alcohol is better for cancer prevention.’[1] This messaging is often countered by advice that Continue reading The deregulatory desires of the alcohol industry: a hidden health threat in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP)
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