A few years ago my parents told me about a radio program that reported wearing a bra contributes to breast cancer. Although I loved the idea that my parents would henceforth approve of me going bra-less, I wondered if the report was actually true.
Well, it isn’t. Ongoing and intensive research into the causes of breast cancer categorically refutes this claim. Although some independent researchers say they notice a correlation between cultures that traditionally go bra-less and a lower incidence of breast cancer, their statistics were compiled without factoring in any other high risk causes for the disease; therefore their conclusions cannot be verified as fact.
Bottom line: there is not now, nor has there ever been any conclusive evidence that wearing (or not wearing) a bra of any kind contributes to breast cancer.
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