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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?
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
Kia ora and welcome to New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa
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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.