Mouthwash

• Is Mouthwash Bad for You? Effects, Risks, Who Should’t Use it – Healthline
• Harmful Ingredients in Mouthwash – Emagazine.com
• The Toxic Truth About Your Mouthwash – Good-Gums

Cancer

• Alcohol-based mouthwash may increase the risk of gum disease, cancers – Medical News Today
• Experts warn using mouthwash more than twice a day can give you cancer – Mirror Online
• Mouthwash And Poor Dental Hygiene May Up The Risk Of Oral Cancer – NPR
• Mouthwash linked to cancer. AUSTRALIA’S top-selling mouthwashes can cause oral cancer and should be pulled from supermarket shelves immediately, leading independent experts warn – Daily Telegraph
• Mouthwash linked with increased cancer risk – ABC News
• The toxic truth about mouthwash – The Telegraph
• This common chemical used in mouthwash and cosmetics can cause colon cancer – Hindustan Times
• Too Much Mouthwash ‘Increases Cancer Risk’ – Sky News
• Your mouthwash can give you cancer and more – TheHealthSite

Diabetes

• Mouthwash linked to diabetes in Harvard study – 6abc Philadelphia
• Mouthwash May Trigger Diabetes—If You Use Way, Way Too Much of It – Newsweek
• Regular Use Of Mouthwash May Increase Risk For Diabetes – Forbes
• Using mouthwash regularly may trigger diabetes risk – The Indian Express

Oral Microbiome

• Is chronic mouthwash use endangering your beneficial bacteria? – The Globe and Mail

Listerine

Cancer

• Could YOUR mouthwash cause cancer? Listerine Cool Mint may increase risk, experts find – and other brands pose a similar threat – Daily Mail
• Daily use of Listerine mouthwash may increase risk of bacteria linked to cancer, study claims – The Telegraph
• Do you use Listerine Cool Mint mouthwash? It may increase your cancer risk, claims a study – The Economic Times
• Listerine Cool Mint ‘linked to cancer’ by new study which warns against its use – Mirror Online

Laswuit

• How your Listerine mouthwash could be putting you at risk of COLON CANCER, according to lawsuit – Daily Mail
• Johnson & Johnson Sued for $70 Million Over Oral Cancer Test Detection – Oral Cancer News
• Johnson & Johnson sued over mouthwash cancer fears – The Guardian
• Lawsuit for over $400M Filed on Behalf of Oral Cancer Prevention International Alleges That Thousands of Cancers Are Likely to Result from J&J’s Actions to Protect Its Sales of Listerine – Business Wire
• Listerine cancer claim triggers court battle – Sydney Morning Herald
• Listerine Naturals Mouthwash Is Misleadingly Labeled, Class Action Claims – Class Action

Covered Up

• How J&J Allegedly Hushed Up Oral Cancer Fears on Listerine – CBS News
• Listerine Cancer Worry? Company Claims Johnson & Johnson Killed Product – ABC News
• Listerine Risk Minimized (1991) – The New York Times

Academic Papers

Cancer

• Alcohol-based mouthwash as a risk factor of oral cancer- A systematic review – PMC – NIH
• Mouthwash Overuse May Lead To Oral Cancer: Alcohol Content Raises Risk Of Carcinogens In Mouth Lining – Medical Daily
• Mouthwash use and associated head and neck cancer risk – Evidence-Based Dentistry – Nature
• Mouthwash use and cancer of the head and neck- a pooled analysis from the International Head and Neck Cancer Epidemiology Consortium (INHANCE) – NIH
• Oral health, dental care and mouthwash associated with upper aerodigestive tract cancer risk in Europe- The ARCAGE study – Science Direct
• The role of alcohol in oral carcinogenesis with particular reference to alcohol‐containing mouthwashes – McCullough – 2008 – Wiley Online Library

Diabetes

• Over-the-counter mouthwash use and risk of pre-diabetes-diabetes – PMC – NIH

Listerine

• Evaluation of genotoxicity after application of Listerine® on human lymphocytes by micronucleus and single cell gel electrophoresis assays – Toxicology and Industrial Health – Sage Pub – Sci-Hub.se
• The effect of daily usage of Listerine Cool Mint mouthwash on the oropharyngeal microbiome- a substudy of the PReGo trial – Journal of Medical Microbiology

Oral Microbiome

• Effects of Chlorhexidine mouthwash on the oral microbiome – PMC – NIH