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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Health
Tara Cobham

Cancer, Alzheimer’s and infertility ‘strongly’ linked to toxic chemicals in food and water by major report

Toxic chemicals present in our air, food and water have been strongly linked with a huge number of environmental and serious health issues, including cancer, obesity, dementia, infertility, ADHD, and heart and respiratory problems - (PA)

Toxic chemicals present in our air, food and water have been strongly linked with a huge number of environmental problems and serious health issues, including cancer, obesity, dementia, infertility and ADHD.

Describing toxicity as “the most underrated threat facing humanity”, a new report has warned that the “contamination of humans is endemic” and that the risks to planetary and human health are “widely underestimated”, with the impact of pesticide use on cancer rates potentially rivalling that of smoking.

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