The Guardian: Colon cancer now leading cause of cancer deaths under 50 in US
"...Experts aren’t yet sure why colorectal cancer has risen in younger people, but Siegel said it’s an example of the “birth cohort effect”. That people born after the 1950s face heightened risk “tells us that there was some exposure, some risk factor that was introduced in the middle of the 20th century that’s increasing our risk of this disease”, Siegel said, “and it’s increasing the risk more and more with every subsequent generation.”..."
theguardian.com/us-news/2026/m…
Colon cancer now leading cause of cancer deaths under 50 in US
Experts warn younger people not to dismiss symptoms such as rectal bleeding as diagnoses rise for those under 50Hannah Harris Green (The Guardian)
Lemniscate
in reply to AI6YR Ben • • •AI6YR Ben
in reply to Lemniscate • • •Lemniscate
in reply to AI6YR Ben • • •Femme Malheureuse
in reply to Lemniscate • • •@Lemniscate If I had to bet, I'd lay money on a combination of three factors including fiber intake:
1 - highly processed foods (much of which reduce fiber);
2 - insufficiency of probiotic foods (the benefits of which rely on ample prebiotic high fiber foods);
3 - chemical exposures damaging gut biome (negatively affecting benefits of already limited probiotic and prebiotic foods).
Same factors will also increase inflammation and increase chances of other diseases like diabetes.
Nicole Parsons
in reply to Femme Malheureuse • • •Older generations had food packaged in glass & cans.
Microplastic contamination in the modern food supply system. Water in plastic bottles. Clothing & carpets.
The younger generation had the highest exposure to food contamination by the fossil fuel industry?
sciencedirect.com/science/arti…
insideprecisionmedicine.com/to…
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/…
Microorganisms, chemicals, toxins hitch hiking on bits of plastic that flake off surfaces.
cancer.org/cancer/latest-news/…
1/
Fresh Evidence that Microplastics Raise Colorectal Cancer Risk
Malorye Branca (Inside Precision Medicine)Nicole Parsons reshared this.
Nicole Parsons
in reply to Nicole Parsons • • •2/
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/li…
Nonstick cookware
nytimes.com/2024/04/21/opinion…
aarp.org/home-living/pots-and-…
Younger generations lived in homes heated by natural gas.
They were exposed to a constant flow of fossil fuel toxins from gas stoves & water heaters.
nytimes.com/2022/06/28/climate…
environmentaldefence.ca/2023/0…
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/…
ctvnews.ca/health/article/foss…
preventcancernow.ca/natural-ga…
blog.ucs.org/cecilia-moura/oil…
bbc.com/future/article/2025060…
Fossil fuels harm health from ‘cradle to grave’: report
AFP Staff (CTVNews)Nicole Parsons reshared this.
Femme Malheureuse
in reply to Nicole Parsons • • •@Npars01
Thanks, I don't need the lecture.
You might take this information and tack it onto the next person's post remarking about the prevalence of ADD/ADHD and anxiety disorders among the under-50 crowd.
The crunchy mom MAHA crowd doesn't seem to be making headway against that, only vaccines.
Nicole Parsons
in reply to Femme Malheureuse • • •@femme_mal
Not a lecture. I know you know but your audience & followers might not.
I'm a climate action advocate trying to share information.
The fossil fuel industry is literally killing us.
Nicole Parsons reshared this.
Jimijamflimflam
in reply to Nicole Parsons • • •I was going to say the widespread introduction of plastics and @Npars01 already brought the receipts too.
@Npars01 @femme_mal @Lemniscate @ai6yr