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2025-05-28 Global warming increases risk of cancer in women: Study – Learning English from the News

The story

Global warming is linked to an increased risk of cancer in women, a recent study has found.

The study included 17 countries in the Middle East and North Africa region – some of the hottest parts of the world.

It found that increased heat is linked to an increase in rates of breast, ovarian, uterine and cervical cancers.

The researchers say countries in this region must take global warming into account in their future cancer control plans.

News headlines

Global Warming Could Be Making Cancer In Women More Common And Deadly: Study
NDTV

Global heating may be fuelling rise in deadly cancers among women
The Independent

Doctors sound alarm over link between cancer explosion and crisis Trump calls a hoax
Daily Mail

Key words and phrases

deadly
likely to cause death  

  • The snake’s venom is deadly – it can kill a human in just a few hours.

fuel
cause or make worse

  • Inflation is fuelling the cost of living crisis.

sound the alarm
warn

  • Economists are sounding the alarm over growing unemployment.

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