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Like how we spray weed killer everywhere even though we know it causes cancer

• theoreticalmal 2y ago
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• insane_dreamer 2y ago
  and keep firing coal plants[0] even though more people in the US die from lung cancer, by far, than any other cancer (2.5x breast cancer, 5x leukemia, etc.; it also has a higher mortality rate than most other cancers[1] [0] https://synapse.maps.arcgis.com/apps/dashboards/201fc98c0d74482d8b3acb0c4cc47f16 https://synapse.maps.arcgis.com/apps/dashboards/201fc98c0d74... [1] https://www.cancer.gov/types/common-cancers https://www.cancer.gov/types/common-cancers
  • alwa 2y ago
    Is that more a coal thing or a tobacco thing?
    • insane_dreamer 2y ago
      More tobacco, but the share of non-smokers with lung cancer has been increasing lately (probably because less people smoke). Estimated 10-20%. "“If lung cancer in never-smokers were a separate entity, it would be in the top 10 cancers in the U.S.” for both incidence and mortality."[0] [0] https://www.statnews.com/2021/01/26/growing-share-of-lung-cancer-turning-up-in-never-smokers/ https://www.statnews.com/2021/01/26/growing-share-of-lung-ca...
      • hanniabu 2y ago
        It's a pollution thing, whether that's from industrial plants, cigarettes, or fireplaces. They say the lungs of people with fireplaces look similar to those of smokers.