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Colon cancer is officially the deadliest cancer for people under 50. Experts are shocked at how quickly this happened. (www.businessinsider.com)
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[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I blame ultra-processed "food", and micro plastic.

But, I don't know shit.

[–] Bakkoda@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

Throw in high stress environments, lack of any real healthcare and you got yourself a Children of Men kind of situation.

[–] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 week ago

Sadly, this is exactly the kind of topic where knowing about shit would be more helpful

[–] flynnguy@programming.dev 1 points 1 week ago

I'm currently going through chemo for colon cancer after having a tumor removed. My Oncologist thinks it is related to all the micro plastics and I think he might know a thing or two.