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by FollowingTheDao 1108 days ago
"Why are so many young people getting colon cancer...????"

>They [PFAS] are used in all kinds of products that I personaly use everyday from pans to dental floss.

Perfluorooctanoic acid enhances colorectal cancer DLD-1 cells invasiveness through activating NF-κB mediated matrix metalloproteinase-2/-9 expression

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4637576/

I just do not understand how people can be so "whatever" about this stuff. It is sad and infuriating.