Epigenetic fingerprints link early-onset colon&rectal cancer pesticide exposure(nature.com)

19 pointsby bookofjoe2 เดือนที่ผ่านมา2 comments

Epigenetic fingerprints link early-onset colon&rectal cancer pesticide exposure

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-026-04342-5

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CountGeek2 เดือนที่ผ่านมา

This isn't just a USA thing, the EU Commission literally just updated residue limits for it in July 2025 [1] and interestingly Corteva Agriscience which is the company selling it, supplies the safety data EFSA uses to keep it on our plates. [2]

[1]https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/1305/oj/eng#:~:text=C...

[2]https://efsa.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.2903/j.efsa.2024...

t0mpr1c32 เดือนที่ผ่านมา

The tell-tale word in the abstract is that the biomarkers "link" to cancer. The data do not provide direct evidence of a causal process. The trouble is that it is very difficult to measure chemical exposure over a period of 50+ years, and unethical to experiment on people. The upshot is that studies like this are not particularly informative on their own. If you have different kinds of data all pointing in the same direction, then maybe you have a finding.