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Alarming 500% Surge: Colorectal Cancer Rates Skyrocket Among U.S. Youths (scitechdaily.com)

submitted 3 months ago by Renneder@sh.itjust.works to c/becomeme@sh.itjust.works

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[–] GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Well i haven't read the article but on principle you can make many things sound more or less dramatic than they might actually be with percentages. If there were 3 people with colon cancer per year (random figure) and now there are 18 that is 500% more, but may as well be a statistic outlier.

That being said I wouldn't be surprised if it turns out to be either or both. Microplastics are everywhere, we can only hope they dont fuck with our biological processes in irreversible ways (like causing infertility).

[–] yeahiknow3@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

That could be the case with extremely rare diseases, but sadly that’s not the case here.