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broken, able s at who have been coloring their hair for 24 years or more have a higher risk ho have been coloring their hair for 24 years or more developing a cancer called non-Hodgkin lymphoma, researchers reported said their study of 1,300 women could help explain a mysterious rise in who umber of cases of the cancer that affects the lymphatic system. Writing in the American Journal of Epidemiology, they said women d their hair starting before 1980 were one-third more likely to develop non- he n of ye odgkin lymphoma, or NHL, and those who used the darkest dyes for more han 25 years were twice as likely to develop the cancer. 25 yea in a statement. is very low, so doubling that risk still means a woman who dyes her hair is very Women who used darker permanent hair coloring products for more ears showed the highest increased risk, Tongzhang Zheng, associate p of epidemiology and environmental health at Yale School of Medicine, said Cancer experts note that a person's absolute risk of developing lymphoma unlikely to develop lymphoma."

(a) what is the phenomenon explained (b)what theory is suggested as a possible explanation (c)is the theory plausible? if not why.   FYI CRITICAL THINKING QUESTION: INFERENCE TO THE BEST EXPLANATION.

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