NomNomFeb 21

Six cancers rising faster in younger adults than older ones

https://feddit.uk/post/44710422

Six cancers rising faster in younger adults than older ones - Feddit UK

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Show threadNirodhaAvidyaFeb 21
  • colorectal
  • cervical
  • pancreatic
  • prostate
  • kidney
  • myeloma
Show threadOnyxonblack
I often wonder if Ultra-processed modern foods, and all these questionable ingredients are responsible for most of the increases in these cancers?
Feb 21 at 9:38amWeb
Show threadrealitistaFeb 21
Or microplastics?
Show threadStinkyFingerItchyBumFeb 21
Or PFAS, Glyphosate …
Show threadblackbelt352Feb 22
PFSA… kinda?, glyphosate…maybe…? honestly we’ve done a ton of studies since glyphosate was first created in the 70s there really aren’t any known significant health risks. Personally I’d be more concerned about the environmental problems of herbicides running off and affecting the wider environment.
Show threadStinkyFingerItchyBumFeb 22

really aren’t any known significant health risks.

Just a known carcinogen in our food. Why have cancer rates exploded? Oh, I dunno. Lol.

I was just casually pointing out some of the better known substances. The true risks are the >350,000 novel chemical compounds we make and release into the environment in ever increasing volumes with no meaningful data on the short or long term repercussions.

You want to be concerned about something? It’s not the dangers of the things we know of. It’s what we don’t see coming that’s going to get us.

We are exceeding our planetary boundaries.

Planetary boundaries

The planetary boundaries framework highlights the rising risks from human pressure on nine critical global processes that regulate the stability and resilience of the Earth

Show threadblackbelt352Feb 25

I think cancer rates going up are a lot of things. I think medicine overall has gotten significantly better that because people aren’t dying nearly as young as they used to are then able to go on to develop cancer they otherwise wouldn’t have, I think that our increasingly sedentary lifestyles are certainly not helpful, I think the constant stresses of daily existence under late stage capitalism is extremely unhealthy, I think the amount of high calorie low nutrition highly processed foods we consume have a huge affect. Also cancer is an extremely large umbrella term for an affliction that comes about in more ways than there are cancers, melanoma comes from prolonged UV exposure, lung and mouth cancer come from a wide array of carcinogens operating on numerous mechanism, like Radon works completely differently from tobacco smoke and diferently from asbestos.

I think there is much stronger evidence for a multitude of other things causing cancer than solely glyphosate.

Show threadMaximilianKohlerFeb 21
Anything that damages the gut microbiome. Ultra-processed foods are one of many things. Antibiotics may be the biggest factor.
While antibiotic resistance gets all the attention, the damage being done to our host-native microbiomes is arguably as big a threat as climate change, as the damage compounds over generations, and once it's gone you can't get it back. (Apr 2019)

The solutions require political action worldwide, but this issue is largely being ignored. Martin Blaser's "Missing Microbes" is a fantastic, extremely important, layperson-friendly introduction to this issue. Humans are holobionts, and we are extincting the human race via antimicrobial abuse...

Human Microbiome Forum | Research & Community Discussions
Show threadsurewhynotlemFeb 21

Lack of fiber is a big player in colon cancer apparently.

I don’t know what ultraprocessed foods you’re sticking in your cooch to get cervical cancer, but I’m guessing there’s not a lot of research on that.

Show threadMandrillerenFeb 22
I think there is just too much bad shit that we are exposed to, to find one specific reason.