companies whose platforms these extremists are using. sending letters to meta, tiktok, donald trump s true social. the deadline is september 2nd. lawmakers give examples of what law enforcement agents are facing, including this from a pennsylvania man who was arrested for posting online quote if you work for the fbi, then you deserve to die. let s turn now to cnn washington correspondent sunlen serfaty. what exactly does the house oversight committee want these firms to do. reporter: they essentially want data and details in how they re responding to online threats, and very interesting, they certainly use very specific examples that they ve seen on social media recently. that s certainly a powerful effect here of making the point that this has become a problem, and certainly this is in response to the fbi search at trump s mar-a-lago saying that there has been an uptick in violent social media threats against law enforcement. now, this was sent to the eight executives of
new research finds that almost half of all cancer deaths are tied to preventable causes. the study is in the journal the lan set. it finds that drinking excessive alcohol. having a high body mass index, smoking and other risk factors were responsible for more than 4 million cancer deaths globally in 2019. cnn health reporter jacqueline howard, we know about the risks that smoking presents, but what about bmi, and drinking. what s the impact there? right. you know, this study did include those as some of the risk factors being evaluated as well, and you know, often, victor, we talk about the genetic risk factors of cancer, but this study really shows that occupational, behavioral, environmental, metabolic risk factors also play significant roles, so here s what the study found. it looked at data on global cancer deaths in the year 2019, and it found that 44.4% were