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Common cooking oils linked to rising cancer rates in young adults

Ellsworth Toohey
Dec 12, 2024
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A US government-funded study reports a connection between everyday cooking oils and the surge in colon cancer among young people, as reported by The Mirror.

The research, published in the medical journal Gut, examined 81 tumor samples from patients aged 30 to 85. Scientists discovered significantly elevated levels of bioactiv…

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