A member asked:

Does lily of the desert aloe vera jelly cause cancer? i read somewhere that some ingredient in it cause cancer.

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Carregeenan: The hoopla is over carregeenan, a seaweed gel that's a thickener. The stuff is widespread in food. There are some old papers in which big doses of a form not used in food served as a promoter, but anything can do that. There are some "scare" sites with made-up stuff, and one reviewer is still concerned, but most folks consider the stuff a non-carcinogen. You can't avoid everything folks warn about

Answered 5/2/2015

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