Mukherjee says ‘forever chemicals’ and microbiome shifts may drive early colorectal cancer

What was said

"we are ingesting more and more forever chemicals. Um, and there is strong evidence from animal models that some of these forever chemicals including the ones that are ingested in food are very pro-inflammatory."

Siddhartha Mukherjee says he does not know what is causing rising colorectal cancer in younger adults, but offers speculative hypotheses. He suggests the colorectal environment may have changed, pointing to greater ingestion of ‘forever chemicals’ and animal-model evidence some are pro-inflammatory, alongside gut microbiome disruption from antibiotics and diet.