NEWS AND NOTES.
COSMETICS AND CANCER. LONDON, March 22. Speaking at. the Institute of Hygiene vesterday, Sir George Lonthal Cheatle, the naval surgeon, deprecated the use of soap, face powders, colouring matter and creams, hath salts, and, in fact, cverthing that is scented, as conducive to cancer through irritation of the skin. . Powders and soaps were especially dangerous as being apt to make their way into the glands of the skin and then set up trouble which might ultimately become cancer. There was a great'opportunity for an inventor who could discover some substitute for soap, for though personal cleanliness was of course essential the perpetual application of soap should he discouraged. The smoke from cigarettes lie also characterised as- harmful to the skin, advising the use of long holders.
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Hokitika Guardian, 14 May 1923, Page 3
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129NEWS AND NOTES. Hokitika Guardian, 14 May 1923, Page 3
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