This is a synthetic compound that is used in electrical equipment. Scientists have found that PCBs in humans are linked with increased rates of brain cancer, gastrointestinal tract cancer, biliary tract cancer, gall bladder cancer, melanomas, and liver cancer.
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Eating meat that is cured or treated in some way significantly increases your chance of cancer. According to the World Health Organization, it is as dangerous as tobacco. Processed meat is particularly connected to bowel cancer.
Researchers have found contraceptive pills increase women’s chances of developing cervical cancer. The longer you use them, the more the risk multiplies.
You may not realize it, but it's possible that small amounts of the poison arsenic are in your tap water. It can run in from factory waste. When ingested, it increases your risk of skin, liver, lung, kidney, and bladder cancer. Consider buying a water filter.
It is sad but true–alcohol is bad for you in almost every way. Researchers have predicted that 6% of yearly cancer deaths worldwide are due directly to drinking.
Industrial workers and embalmers may be around the chemical formaldehyde. The ingestion of it causes cancers such as myeloid leukemia and cancer of the nasopharynx.
Surprising things that can cause cancer
Unexpected instigators of the terrible disease
FOOD Disease
Cancer is a horrible disease and we should all do what we can to avoid developing it (when possible). Although it is one of the biggest killers of the human population, it is not always an inevitable illness. There are things in your everyday life that you can avoid in order to diminish your chances of getting cancer.
On the one hand, we all know that things such as smoking put you in a bad position. On the other hand, there are surprising things in our daily routines that most people are not aware of that could harm our future health.
From hot tea to chopping wood, click through to learn more.