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25 Things You Probably Didn’t Realize Can Cause Cancer

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3. Sitting way too much

Get your body moving! Especially if you’re sitting while reading this. Prolonged sitting has serious repercussions on your overall health. More than 40 studies have suggested that sitting way too much, therefore developing a sedentary behavior can increase a person’s risk of lung cancer, colon cancer, and endometrial cancer by 6 percent, 8 percent, and 10 percent, respectively.

4. Sleeping in front of a screen

The main character of your favorite Netflix series has an angelic voice? Even so, do not fall asleep with the TV on. Say bye-bye to this bad habit… There are plenty of reasons why. A study published in the Journal Environmental Health Perspectives pointed out that artificial light that comes from your TV screen is connected to both prostate and breast cancer.

In fact, the same study suggests that artificial light is responsible for many breast cancer cases over the last several decades.

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