Worryingly, Australia is a world leader when it comes to bowel cancer.

Instead, most experts believe toxins or toxic influences in the world around us are interacting with genes to cause malignant changes.

In other words, you might unknowingly carry a gene that’s only altered when you’re exposed to a particular chemical, whereas someone else who doesn’t have that version of the gene would be unaffected.

Lifestyle and pollution, who’d have thought /s

As I visit the city today (bus), I’m not sure how people tolerate the toxic transport pollution stench :(

  • @[email protected]
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    201 day ago

    Microplastics, Forever-Chemicals, Air-Pollution, Food-Additives, Processed Food etc. and all even before you’re born. Take your pick or better yet, have them all!

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      211 hours ago

      As a very toxin-paranoid person trained in biochemistry, PFAS always stood out to me. Sneaking into your DNA replication system, your body unable to differentiate them from their similar, natural chemicals. Big dipoles fucking shit up in replication and metagenetics

      Horifying