Interesting, didn't know beer is carcinogenic. Googled about that — apparently, although alcohol it's carcinogenic, drinking a little bit, reduces the risk for cancer (and heart attacks).

Actually personally I didn't have in mind the possibly causes cancer category. I had in mind more obviously dangerous things like asbestos, and something that was in heavy use in Europe like 30? 50? years ago but then got forbidden because it resulted in severe birth defects. [Edit: I think it's called Thalidomide, was sold as a drug named Contergan]

Some activists do "attack" beer manufacturers :-) (I found out when googling for "beer carcinogens"). And this particular beer manufacturer did apparently listen to what people said, and removed some carcinogenic caramel coloring from a beer. http://organics.org/8-beers-that-you-should-stop-drinking-im...