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"The researchers point to several factors as driving the expected increases in cancer rates, such as obesity, tobacco use and alcohol use, as well as environmen

"The researchers point to several factors as driving the expected increases in cancer rates, such as obesity, tobacco use and alcohol use, as well as environmental factors like air pollution." It's interesting to see alcohol use lumped in as cancer causing as tobacco use and air pollution. I wonder what kind of cancer risks it introduced?

myko 3y ago
Alcohol consumption is linked to increases in liver cancer
- quickslowdown 3y ago
  And throat/mouth, I believe. Alcohol is poison, even in small amounts. I still drink it occasionally, not trying to be preachy!
  - jacobsimon 3y ago
    And apparently breast cancer and several others. I also drink regularly but I just finished reading Drink[1] and it goes pretty in depth on the health effects. 1. https://www.amazon.com/Drink-New-Science-Alcohol-Health/dp/B08Q63H293/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?keywords=drink%3F+book&qid=1706991784&sr=8-1 https://www.amazon.com/Drink-New-Science-Alcohol-Health/dp/B...
hackyhacky 3y ago
I don't get this. 77% is a big increase. Alcohol and tobacco use can't be increasing enough to drive that change. Obesity and pollution are on the rise, but that much? Edit: autocorrect correction
- vdaea 3y ago
  The big secret: the number is completely made up, but it will be used as an excuse to take rights away from you.
  - hackyhacky 3y ago
    The people who have the power to limit your freedom don't need to make up numbers in order to do so.
    - vdaea 3y ago
      They can't do it without popular support, so they make up the numbers so the gullible people are happy with their rights being taken away.
      - hackyhacky 3y ago
        The sound you hear now is my eyes rolling so hard at the lengths that conspiracy theorists go to sow distrust in institutions without any plausible evidence.
        ianburrell 3y ago
        I'm starting to believe in meta-conspiracy where there is conspiracy to propagate conspiracy theories to discredit institutions and trust.
        twisteriffic 3y ago
        I wish you were wrong, but I know you aren't.
ipnon 3y ago
It’s a risk factor for colorectal cancer, which is not only the 3rd most prevalent type of cancer, but is increasingly being discovered in younger people. Alcohol has a number of deleterious effects, from microbiome destruction, to the genotoxicity of alcohol’s metabolite acetaldehyde, and finally alcohol changes your behavior to make other cancer causing activities like smoking more likely.
hunter-gatherer 3y ago
I'm not sure it in interesting to lump alcohol in there. I thought everyone knew it was wikdly unhealthy, just also wildly fun. Air pollution deserves more attention IMO. I live along the Wasatch from in Utah and have been trying to strategize a move out of state because of air pollution. In sure I won't be surprised if it kills me and my family in the end.

myko 3y ago

Alcohol consumption is linked to increases in liver cancer

quickslowdown 3y ago
And throat/mouth, I believe. Alcohol is poison, even in small amounts. I still drink it occasionally, not trying to be preachy!
- jacobsimon 3y ago
  And apparently breast cancer and several others. I also drink regularly but I just finished reading Drink[1] and it goes pretty in depth on the health effects. 1. https://www.amazon.com/Drink-New-Science-Alcohol-Health/dp/B08Q63H293/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?keywords=drink%3F+book&qid=1706991784&sr=8-1 https://www.amazon.com/Drink-New-Science-Alcohol-Health/dp/B...

hackyhacky 3y ago

I don't get this. 77% is a big increase. Alcohol and tobacco use can't be increasing enough to drive that change. Obesity and pollution are on the rise, but that much? Edit: autocorrect correction

vdaea 3y ago
The big secret: the number is completely made up, but it will be used as an excuse to take rights away from you.
- hackyhacky 3y ago
  The people who have the power to limit your freedom don't need to make up numbers in order to do so.
  - vdaea 3y ago
    They can't do it without popular support, so they make up the numbers so the gullible people are happy with their rights being taken away.
    - hackyhacky 3y ago
      The sound you hear now is my eyes rolling so hard at the lengths that conspiracy theorists go to sow distrust in institutions without any plausible evidence.
      - ianburrell 3y ago
        I'm starting to believe in meta-conspiracy where there is conspiracy to propagate conspiracy theories to discredit institutions and trust.
        twisteriffic 3y ago
        I wish you were wrong, but I know you aren't.

ipnon 3y ago

It’s a risk factor for colorectal cancer, which is not only the 3rd most prevalent type of cancer, but is increasingly being discovered in younger people. Alcohol has a number of deleterious effects, from microbiome destruction, to the genotoxicity of alcohol’s metabolite acetaldehyde, and finally alcohol changes your behavior to make other cancer causing activities like smoking more likely.

hunter-gatherer 3y ago

I'm not sure it in interesting to lump alcohol in there. I thought everyone knew it was wikdly unhealthy, just also wildly fun. Air pollution deserves more attention IMO. I live along the Wasatch from in Utah and have been trying to strategize a move out of state because of air pollution. In sure I won't be surprised if it kills me and my family in the end.