Why Millennials Are Facing Cancer Earlier Than Their Parents’ Generation

For years, we understood cancer. Or, at least, we thought we did.

We figured things like bad genes and even worse habits, like smoking, were combining to create tumors that needed to be obliterated with radiation. But cancer rates are spiking among millennials, whose ages range from their late 20s to early 40s.

Now, scientists are starting to look beyond lifestyle and DNA, and more toward the toxic blend of chemicals an entire generation has been exposed to since birth. That includes things like food additives, to the sleep deprivation we’ve been experiencing, thanks to the frightening world we were raised and continue to live in.

The Washington Post provided a comprehensive look into cancer rates among millennials and found that cancer diagnoses among Americans aged 15 to 49 are up 10