That... is indeed interesting.

I was vaguely aware that... there are some known instances where cancer actually is transmissable, but usually only in the context of pregnant mother to child.

But... this... ... well, shit.

... I guess its not actually possible to 100% rule out 'my dog gave me colon cancer.'

Still seems quite unlikely... but maybe not strictly completely impossible?

Its a tough jog, but somebody's gotta do it.

Yes but it's IMO way down the line after like being overweight, drinking, processed food, plastic, and more.

I mean everything is toxic in high enough doses.

Red meat eaters have higher colorectal cancer levels due to chronic bowel inflammation. https://cancer.ca/en/cancer-information/reduce-your-risk/eat-well/limit-red-and-processed-meat

Not myself a doctor, but, basically yes?

https://health.clevelandclinic.org/link-red-meat-cancer-need-know

Cancer is not... one thing.

It is a huge family of diseases that... work in the body in very similar ways, but ... more or less, each different kind of tissue in your body has different things that are either known to, or are strongly suspected to increase the likelihood that a cancer will develop in them.

(Not counting 'so i accidentally bathed in the light of the demon core' or something like that.)

Anyway, again to the best of my not an expert understanding... you have to have a considerably red meat heavy diet, for your chances of colon cancer to rise.

there's evidence that everything causes cancer, but like i live in california

Red meat isn't the problem, it's the fuzzy greenish-blue meat you've got to worry about.

Maybe dogs can't be wealthy, but some eat/live really well.

I mean strictly speaking, yes, it is odd to describe a dog directly with human socioeconomic descriptors.

But yeah, I meant it as 'the dog is owned by a poor human'.