Nitrates, drinking water and bowel cancer: Worrying link or red herring?

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Nitrates, drinking water and bowel cancer: Worrying link or red herring?

Fiona

Cassie

fcassie@nzdoctor.co.nz

Monday 19 August 2019, 10:17 AM

Increasing water contamination from farming is a concern, but debate still rages as to whether one of those concerns should be increased nitrate levels and risk of colorectal cancer

Southern correspondent Fiona Cassie takes a closer look at the science behind concerns over the health impacts of nitrates in water

Bowel cancer is increasing dramatically for the under-50s. So there is something happening early on that is triggering this…and it’s mostly likely som

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References

Schullehner J, Hansen B, Thygesen M, et al. Nitrate in drinking water and colorectal cancer risk: A nationwide population-based cohort study. Int J Cancer 2018;143:73–79.

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