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The microplastics and prostate cancer story - here is the full picture before social runs with it.
I have seen this story everywhere this week and I wanted to address it properly here before it gets away from us.
The headline: microplastics found in 90% of prostate cancer tumour samples.
The part being left out: the study looked at 10 patients. The lead researcher specifically said do not draw causal conclusions.
Finding something in tumour tissue does not tell you it caused the tumour. It tells you it is there. That is worth knowing. It is worth investigating with much larger studies. But it is not a verdict.
I have been doing this long enough to know how health stories travel. By next week parts of the internet will have this down as 'microplastics cause prostate cancer.' That leap has not been proven by the data.
Watch this story. It is genuinely interesting early science. But do not let it drive fear that is ahead of what we actually know.
What has your reaction been to seeing this shared? Are the men in your life worried about it?
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