Sydney Morning Herald: “Liver cancer rates are surging in Australia – and climate change could be to blame”

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— The Sydney Morning Herald (@smh) April 19, 2022

Australia’s surging rate of liver cancer – up 306 per cent since 1982 – could be partly driven by climate change spurring the growth of dangerous fungi.

Aflatoxin, a toxin produced by the Aspergillus fungus, is a well-established cause of liver cancer. Warming temperatures around the globe are encouraging Aspergillus and many other deadly types of fungi to spread.

www.smh.com.au/national/liver-cancer-rates-are-surging-in-australia-and-climate-change-could-be-to-blame-20230417-p5d135.html

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