Les médias nous rapportent de partout de cas de cancers chez young people with good habits and so far perfectly healthy. This disease places a heavy burden well on the backs of our families and society as a whole.
Today, statistics indicate that two men in the United States will probably have a cancer in his life, and one man in four will die. For women, one woman in three will have cancer, and one in five will die. Year after year these numbers increase. Between 1973 and 1999, "likely" that a child has cancer increased 26%, and it continues to increase, according to the American Cancer Society (ACS).
While our government? It provides funding for research cancer that are discovered new treatments. Certainly the people already suffering need new drugs and new treatments. But more funding and effort should go into the causes and prevention. Although it is virtually impossible to trace the cause of cancer of one person, several known carcinogens have been identified.
Some cancers are linked hereditary, but environmental factors cause 75% to 80% of cancers and deaths in the U.S. according to the ACS. This leads directly to the links between our polluted environment and increased cancer, especially in children and young adults.
By giving more emphasis on job creation rather than security, we have allowed industries to dump toxins into the air and water, sometimes deliberately. We have built nuclear power plants near large cities where they emit radiation in air and discharge of radioactive tritium into the rivers. We have spread millions of pounds of herbicides, pesticides and fertilizers on our land where they gather into our groundwater and streams. Most of our crops are sprayed with toxic chemicals. The meat we eat is fattened with growth hormones and until recently, antibiotics. (In Quebec, the opposite is true, but the result is the same!).
cows receive hormones to increase milk production, thus changing the composition of the milk we drink. We consume prescription drugs entering our drinking water sources and can not be filtered. Many of the chemicals in our cleaning products, soaps and cosmetics are toxic, some of which are linked to cancer. We épandons of carcinogenic pesticides in and around our homes and schools. Most of our beverages are bottled in plastic containers containing BPA, which is also toxic. By burning our waste, we relax in the air we breathe dioxins, furans and heavy metals, all known to be carcinogenic.
In Tennessee, we incinerate radioactive waste, releasing radiation into the air, our soil, water and our food. In the 1970s, laws to protect air quality and water were put in place, but since that time, laws that protect us have been weakened and is now under fire policy.
Can be surprised that over 1.5 million citizens of the United States are diagnosed with cancer every year, and that each year more than half a million of our loved ones die? (GBA)
For decades, many doctors have warned of health hazards of environmental pollution on our health: Dr. John W. Gofman (Poisoned Power), Dr. Samuel S. Epstein (Cancer-Gate: How to Win the Losing Cancer War ", the Dr. Helen Caldicott (Nuclear Power Is Not the Answer), the Dr. Doris J. Rapp (Our Toxic World). There are no easy solutions, but as a society and as individuals we must act to protect our health and especially the health of our children.
The author, Kathleen Ferris, co-founder of Citizens to End Nuclear Dumping in Tennessee. She is a resident of Murfreesboro.
link for the site of endite: http://www.citizenstoendit.org/
Photo: citizenstoendit.org "rats Cancer Traced to Our Environmental Impact
In Her article," Cancer: We pray against all odds''Feb. 4, Susan Estrich tells The heartbreaking story, Repeated Throughout The Country, about Seemingly healthy and clean-living people getting cancer and dying young. As Ms. Estrich notes, Cancer Victims and Their Families Suffer Terribly. This blight upon o society takes an enormous toll, both in human suffering and in medical costs.
Today, one in two men in the U.S. are likely to get cancer during their lifetimes, and one in four will die. For women, the odds are one in three, with one in five dying. Year by year the numbers grow. Between 1973 and 1999, children's chances of getting cancer increased by 26 percent, and they are still rising. (American Cancer Society).
So what is our government doing about this problem? Pouring money into cancer research; seeking new cures. Certainly cures are needed for the people already affected. But more money and attention need to be given to cause and prevention. Though it is almost impossible to trace the cause of a single person's cancer, many known carcinogens have already been identified.
Some cancers have a hereditary link, but environmental factors account for 75-80 percent of cancer cases and deaths in the U.S. (ACS). This fact points to the connection between our polluted environment and the increase we see in cancers, especially among children and young adults.
Putting jobs over safety, we have allowed industries to pour toxins into our air and water, some deliberately dumped. We have built nuclear reactors near large cities, where they routinely emit radiation into air and spill radioactive tritium into rivers. We have dumped millions of pounds of weed killers, pesticides and fertilizers onto our soil, where they find their way into our groundwater and streams. Most of our crops are sprayed with toxic chemicals. The meat we consume is pumped with growth hormones and, until recently, antibiotics.
Cows are given hormones to increase milk production, thereby changing the composition of the milk we drink. We use prescription drugs, which get into our water sources and cannot be filtered out. Many of the chemicals in our cleaning products, soaps and cosmetics are toxic, some cancer-causing. We spray carcinogenic pesticides in and around our homes and schools. Most of our beverages are packaged in plastic containers, which contain BPA, also toxic. By incinerating waste, we release dioxins, furans and heavy metals, known carcinogens, into the air we breathe.
Here in Tennessee, we incinerate radioactive waste, releasing radiation into our air, soil, water and food supplies. In the '70s, clean air and water acts were enacted, but since that time, protective laws have been eroded and are now under political attack.
Is it any wonder that annually over 1.5 million Americans discover they have cancer, and that each year we lose over half a million of our loved ones to this dreaded disease? (ACS).
For decades, many medical doctors have warned us of the dangers to our health from our polluted environment: Dr. John W. Gofman (Poisoned Power), Dr. Samuel S. Epstein, (Cancer-Gate: How To Win the Losing Cancer War), Dr. Helen Caldicott, (Nuclear Power is Not the Answer), Dr. Doris J. Rapp, (Our Toxic World). There are no easy answers, but as a society and as individuals, we need to act to protect our health and especially the health of our children."
Kathleen Ferris is co-founder of Citizens to End Nuclear Dumping in Tennessee. She lives in Murfreesboro.
The link to the site of ENDIT: http://www.citizenstoendit.org/
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