Australians aged in their 30s and 40s are experiencing unprecedented and in some cases world-leading rates of 10 different types of cancer — and scientists are desperate to understand why.
Disclaimer: I’m not a medical person, but I did learn some biology 20 years ago. I’m not competent enough to give a firm opinion, but I’ll try to guess a bit.
all the listed cancer types affect internal organs
I notice that skin cancer isn’t rising
I notice that esophagal, mouth and gastric cancer are not listed (but liver cancer is)
I conclude that risk of cancer hasn’t risen equally for all cancers
I guess that toxicity from alcohol or tobacco is not involved, but could play a small role
several organs involved in digestion are listed, one should look at what people eat & drink
several reproductive organs are listed, one should look for dysregulation and hormonal unbalance
Overall, I would recommend to look for clues in these directions:
is there a shift in food / beverage types?
is there a shift in food / beverage processing (e.g. towards ultra processed)?
is there a shift in packaging (e.g. different metal for cans, different plastic or more plastic for trays)?
is there a shift in food preparation (e.g. different cooking methods)?
is there a shift in calorie intake or gut microbiome (e.g. bacterial species that produce toxins that eventually cause cancer)?
is there a chemical contamination of food or beverage sources?
Could be like France where the rise in cancers (especially pancreatic ones) is linked to cadmium in the plants (french farmers currently use phosphates from Moroccan mines that are very high on cadmium, poisoning the plant based food that is eaten there, cereals and veggies alike). The rest of the EU uses stricter heavy metals tolerances and uses phosphates produced in Europe or China, that have way lower cadmium levels.
Doctors unions have recently pulled the alarm and recommend the general public to only eat organic, as phosphates are not allowed.
Disclaimer: I’m not a medical person, but I did learn some biology 20 years ago. I’m not competent enough to give a firm opinion, but I’ll try to guess a bit.
Overall, I would recommend to look for clues in these directions:
Could be like France where the rise in cancers (especially pancreatic ones) is linked to cadmium in the plants (french farmers currently use phosphates from Moroccan mines that are very high on cadmium, poisoning the plant based food that is eaten there, cereals and veggies alike). The rest of the EU uses stricter heavy metals tolerances and uses phosphates produced in Europe or China, that have way lower cadmium levels.
Doctors unions have recently pulled the alarm and recommend the general public to only eat organic, as phosphates are not allowed.