Cancer rates are climbing among young people. It’s not clear why

I'm with you on this. We eat synthetic goop, we rub synthetic goop all over our bodies, we breath the byproducts of making synthetic goop. Almost everything we interact with is toxic.

Luckily it comes at the mere additional cost of also parasitizing the essence of our activities and connections, both to our spaces and each other.

I also suspect fragrances are a source of toxins. From soaps to cleansers, trash bags, air fresheners... They are all synthetic chems expressly designed to be breathed. No way it's good in long term

I also suspect this. We'll find out decades from now.

Like woops, we shouldn't have put lead in gasoline, even though we knew it was hazardous. Or sorry for putting flame retardant chemicals in all of your furniture and bedding, that gradually absorb into you.

It wouldn't surprise me if micro plastics and forever chemicals etc have worked their way into everything.

There are much more obvious causes and they are also explained in the article. While studies have yet to establish a real link between e.g. microplastics and cancer, diets rich in sugar and red meat, sedentary lifestyles as well as diabetes have been known to increase cancer risk for a long time. Since obesity-related cancers have seen the most dramatic rise, it is not hard to see the connection here. Especially young people have been exposed to these unhealthy diets and lifestyles from very early on in their lives.