Milk has been found to be positively correlated to cancer because
A)milk causes cancer
B)drinking milk provides an environment for cancer
C)milk drinkers clearly live longer and clearly get more cancers
D)there are suspicions but a correlation design does not allow one to say definitely why two variables are correlated

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Correlation does not imply causation. The fact that two variables are correlated does not allow us to definitively say why they are correlated, only that they move together in some way. This means that while milk consumption and cancer rates may be correlated, a correlation study alone cannot determine if milk causes cancer, if cancer increases milk consumption, or if another factor is influencing both.

Milk Has Been Found to Be Positively Correlated to Cancer