The Cancer Epidemic
Why do so many people get cancer?
A hundred years ago, cancer was a rare disease. Since 1950 the incidence of cancer has escalated to epidemic proportions. One in two men, and one in three women, will now get cancer.
We have the questions but we don't have the answers.
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In 1971, US President Richard Nixon declared the 'War Against Cancer' and pledged massive sums of money to fight the disease. The publicly stated aim was to conquer cancer by 1987. Since 1971, billions of dollars have been spent.
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Why, despite the huge amounts of money pumped into cancer research in the succeeding decades, are more people than ever being diagnosed with the disease?
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Why is so much cancer prevention advice focused on lifestyle changes? Is this intended to imply that if you get cancer it is your own fault?
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The explosive rise in cancer rates since the 1940s correlates strongly to the explosive growth of the petrochemical industry during that period. Why has so little been done to identify the cancer risks associated with the chemical industry and its known contamination of our environment?
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Why, when there is increasing evidence of the presence of carcinogens (cancer causing agents) in the personal care products that we all buy, are the cosmetics manufacturers allowed to market these products with little or no regulation?
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'Unreasonable Risk' by Dr Samuel Epstein