Thyroid Cancer Rates Are Skyrocketing From Flame Retardants

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By Dr. Mercola

By Dr. Mercola

It’s estimated that nearly 57,000 new cases of thyroid cancer will be diagnosed in the U.S. in 2017, a far lower number than many other adult cancers, like colorectal, lung, breast and prostate.1 However, the number is noteworthy because it has risen significantly in recent years.

Rates of thyroid cancer have tripled in the last decade, making it — papillary thyroid cancer in particular — the most rapidly increasing cancer in the U.S.2

While part of this rise is blamed on the increased use of thyroid ultrasound detecting small thyroid nodules that may otherwise have …read more

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