BREAST CANCER & DAILY CHEMICAL EXPOSURE

As I've stated in a previous post, the Canadian "TOXIC NATION" report cites a 74.3% increase in breast cancer from 1987 to 2005. And according to this WEN report (Women's Environmental Network), "government and the cancer establishment are complicit in soaring rates of breast cancer" by "failing to disclose the real facts on breast cancer -- that man made environmental pollutants are major causes and that breast cancer is preventable".

From the same report (emphasis mine):

"We need a massive rethink of priorities. Government and the cancer establishment promote treatment and control and call this prevention. It's a travesty of the meaning of the word. To prevent breast cancer women are told to change their diet, to exercise and to reduce weight. The truth is no lifestyle change can prevent breast cancer when we're exposed to cancer causing and cancer promoting substances on a daily basis. Our bodies have become long-term storage centres for synthetic chemicals and the implications for 'hormone dependent' disease like breast cancer are huge."

Other bits from the WEN report...

More than 350 man-made contaminants have been found in human breast milk, making it the most chemically-contaminated food on the planet.

The Standing Committee of European Doctors (Sept. 3, 2005) adopted a policy stating: "It has now been scientifically demonstrated that there is indeed a link between chemical products and the appearance of diseases, such as cancers." It also said "chemical pollution poses a serious threat to children and to the human race."

Links worth exploring:

BREAST CANCER FUND
WEN (Women's Environmental Network)
NO MORE BREAST CANCER CAMPAIGN
Find out WHERE WE ARE EXPOSED to these breast-toxic chemicals
COMMON CARCINOGENS & ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS