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Every Food Is a Carcinogen If You Trust Bad Studies
Why weak nutrition studies can make almost any food look carcinogenic, and how confounding, measurement, and multiple testing mislead.
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By Devin Teichrow. Published April 5, 2025.
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Why weak nutrition studies can make almost any food look carcinogenic, and how confounding, measurement, and multiple testing mislead.
You’ve probably heard that coffee causes cancer.
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