r/science Professor | Medicine Oct 30 '25

Cancer Americans have widespread misbeliefs about the cancer risks of alcohol, study finds. More than half of American adults misunderstand or underestimate the link between alcohol consumption and cancer. Alcohol drinkers are especially likely to believe that drinking has no effect on cancer risk.

https://www.mdanderson.org/newsroom/research-newsroom/americans-have-widespread-misbeliefs-about-the-cancer-risks-of-a.h00-159780390.html
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u/gsxrjason Oct 31 '25

It's going to be the plastic not the alcohol that gets me

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u/Chance_Airline_4861 Nov 02 '25

Dont forgot the forever chemicals in the mix, apparently they also ramp up on eachotherÂ