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[–] Th4tGuyII@fedia.io 63 points 5 months ago (20 children)

I'd say at least it's not generational lead poisoning, but we'll probably end up with that too at this rate

[–] cor 39 points 5 months ago (15 children)

Approximately 40.5% of men and women will be diagnosed with cancer at some point during their lifetimes.

this might be worse than generational lead poisoning

[–] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 14 points 5 months ago (7 children)

Nah, everybody dies of something. It's also never ACTUALLY "old age". It's either cancer, or a cascading failure of organs caused by a chronic disease, or both.

[–] cor 15 points 5 months ago (2 children)

a lot more people are getting cancer at younger ages than before

[–] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

and is it like how there were "suddenly" more left handed or non-straight people? Sounds more like everyone jumping on headlines.

[–] BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world 14 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Maybe pumping chemicals and plastic into the food and water supply is actually really good for us. I bet everyone didn't think about that.

[–] MotoAsh@lemmy.world -1 points 5 months ago

You might be able to link the cited article to a decline in sperm count.

Might. Saying, "yep, definitely why cancer" is simply and only a jump to conclusions.

[–] porous_grey_matter@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)
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