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Eating fruits, vegetables and whole grains may increase chance of early onset lung cancer
(news.keckmedicine.org)
this post was submitted on 03 May 2026
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tl;dr its the pesticides on the vegetables, not the vegetables themselves
That's not true, that's the suspect hypothesis.
true, I was mainly trying to correct the clickbaity headline. thanks for the correction
Chemist here. Pretty sure it is the pesticides. Farmers aren't living as long as their parent farmers. Pesticides are linked to many diseases in farmers . " ...it was observed that 12 out of 30 pesticides used worldwide were associated with an increased risk of some cancers, in particular those of the prostate, lung, colon, and/or pancreas. In addition to the increased risk of cancer, medical studies have documented fertility and pregnancy impacts in agricultural workers among other significant health conditions."
Too lax regulations in US yet again.
USA food regulation is crazy
in most of the world a principle of prohibited untill proven safe is followed, in the land of free questionable chemicals in your food a principle of allowed untill proven unsafe is followed
Well... You can't really prove something is safe. You can only say "we were unable to demonstrate any link to known harm". PFAS was considered safe for decades. So was asbestos. Then the science got better, and we were able to show things we couldn't before.
Its probably the gas burning stove.