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As far as I know MSG has never been shown to cause cancer, but it has been shown to increase the growth and metastasis of cancer. Also excess glutamate, the active component of MSG, can overstimulate neurons and generate enormous amounts of free radicals which can damage DNA. So I think MSG might could possibly cause some brain cancers in susceptible people.

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