According to some local radio news reporting I heard today, the increase in risk is 18%. That’s an 18% increase of the 5% baseline risk for developing colorectal cancer during one’s lifetime. So the actual increase in risk goes from 5% to about 6%.
As usual, MSM will report an increase as a percentage without applying it to the baseline rate to give a true picture of the issue/problem. It’s all about the hype.