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The World Health Organization is projecting that this year cancer will become the world's leading cause of death. Why the epidemic of cancer? Death certificates in United States show cancer as being the eighth leading cause of death in 1900.
Why has it skyrocketed to now surpass heart disease as number one?
Is it because people live longer and have to die of something? That's a factor, but not the prime reason as reflected by the jump in age-adjusted cancer being far above what could be expected from increased longevity. And it certainly doesn't explain the steep hike in childhood cancers. Is it lifestyle, diet and genetics, as we have often been told? They are factors, but not key reasons.
The cause of the cancer epidemic, as numerous studies have now documented, is largely environmental - the result of toxic substances in the water we drink, the food we eat, the consumer products we use, the air we breathe.
Comment: To learn more about the President's Cancer Panel read the following articles carried on SOTT:
New Alarm Bells About Chemicals and Cancer
New Research Revealed: Environmentally Caused Cancers Are 'Grossly Underestimated'