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Washington (EON) – According to reports alcohol can increase the risk of developing breast cancer.

Kaiser Permanente researchers looked at the effects of alcohol and if it raised the risk of developing breast cancer. They found that those who drink three or more daily drinks raise their risk of developing breast cancer by 30%.

Heavy drinkers increase the risk of breast cancer the most.

Yan Li stated that “It doesn’t matter if you drink red wine or white wine. If you are a heavy drinker you will have an additional 30% risk of breast cancer.”

Data from over 70,000 women were looked at in the study. They looked at data from doctors visits in 1978 through 1985 and then looked at whether or not women had breast cancer as of 2004.

Women who drank one or two drinks a day had a 10% increased risk of breast cancer as well.

This is the same increase in risk of breast cancer as the increase if you smoke a pack of cigarettes each day.