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Rising rates of cancer in young people prompt hunt for environmental culprit (archive.is)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

How much y'all want to bet its microplastics?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Narrator: It was microplastics

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Y'all sleeping on heavy metal food contamination.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I would expect heavy metal food contamination would be lower for younger generations. Detection methods are more sensitive and accurate, regulations are stricter, and leaded gasoline has been phased out.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

You'd think, but no, it's on the rise again!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Interesting! (and concerning)

What are the new sources of pollution this time? Any references I could check out?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

General poor health has been increasing. Obesity rates and rates of lots of other conditions have all been increasing. It can't all be due to microplastics.