No , that , that's , those are just two things that are coming along for the ride . So beyond those two things and A along with C we , there are also certain environmental toxins . We absolutely know we're doing this right .
Yeah . So , obesity is now the second most prevalent environmental driver of cancer . Now I will argue and I think I argue this in the book , hopefully , pretty convincingly .
Uh We've all known people have died of cancer um or have had cancer . What can be done to reduce one's risk of cancer ? Well , you asked earlier about the numbers .
We absolutely know we're doing this right . So we understand that people who , you know , have exposure to asbestos have a much higher risk of certain types of lung cancers and things like that . But for the most part , um , those are our big risks beyond that .
They are arising from somatic mutations or acquired mutations . So the question then becomes , what is driving somatic mutation and the two clearest indications of drivers of somatic mutation are smoking and obesity , smoking . We've talked about , let's put that aside for a moment .
