by Megan Redshaw, Childrens Health Defense:
The Who’s International Agency for Research on Cancer blamed rising cancer rates on an aging population, along with tobacco, alcohol, obesity and exposure to air pollution.
Story at a glance:
- The World Health Organization’s (WHO) International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) estimates more than 35 million new cancer cases in 2050.
- This represents a 77% increase from the estimated 20 million cancer cases that occurred in 2022.