Artificial ingredients in takeaway meals and 'forever chemicals' found in school uniforms and frying pans may be helping drive a surge in deadly cancers among young people, a major new report warns.
British scientists also believe antibiotics could be part of the mystery behind a rise in 11 cancers among adults aged 20 to 49.
It adds to a growing global picture. In the US, early-onset cancer cases rose by almost 15 per cent between 2010 and 2019, with younger adults increasingly being diagnosed with diseases once seen mainly in older age.
'Whilst BMI [weight] remains our best clue as to why cancer is on the rise in this age group, much of the increase still remains unexplained,' said Professor Montserrat García-Closas, of The Institute of Cancer Research in London.
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