Alcohol cancer risk: Experts back call for warning labels [Video]

While Canada hasn’t mandated cancer warnings for alcoholic beverages, a few experts are supporting a new push in the U.S. to have the labels on the products.

U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy is calling for an updated health warning label on alcoholic beverages after issuing a new advisory Friday about the increased risk of developing cancer.

“Consumers have a right to know the inherent health risks of products they’re consuming, especially products that are often sold by governments,” Erin Hobin, a scientist at Public Health Ontario who has studied the effectiveness of alcohol warning labels, said in a video interview with CTVNews.ca on Friday. “I think there is an opportunity for Canada to strengthen their labelling regulations for alcohol purely from a consumer’s right to know perspective.”

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The need for warnings is pressing given that the World …