Guest guest Posted November 23, 2002 Report Share Posted November 23, 2002 http://campaignfortruth.com/Eclub/151102/breastcancerdeception.htm Breast Cancer Deception by Sherrill Sellman Every October since 1985, pink ribbons are displayed in posters, magazine advertisements, and proudly adorn women's lapels heralding Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The multitudes of runs, hikes, walks, and other fundraising events raise hundred of millions of dollars to conquer that dreaded scourge of the modern woman, breast cancer. High profile companies like Avon, Lee Denim, and Revlon have joined ranks along with the Susan G. Komen Foundation's " Race for the Cure " , and the City of Hope Hospital's " Walk for Hope " . Popular celebrities lead the charge. Each year, 180,000 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer and 44,000 will die of the disease. The US has one of the highest breast cancer rates in the world. Fifty years ago the incidence of Breast Cancer for a woman's lifetime risk was one in twenty. Now it has skyrocketed to one in eight. Clearly the so-called war on cancer has not even made a dent in the breast cancer epidemic as the rates continue to climb at the rate of one per cent per year. The motto of Breast Cancer Awareness Month is " Early Detection is Your Best Protection " . The National Cancer Institute stated in 1995 that " Breast cancer is simply not a preventable disease " . This tune was reiterated in 1997 by the American Cancer Society who also announced that " there are no practical ways to prevent breast cancer -- only early detection. " 1 So mammograms are the front line of defense. Celebrities like Rosie O'Donnell offer free t-shirts with the honorable words " I've Been Squished " if you'll make a date with your local x-ray department. So let's all join in and wave our pink ribbons and don those running shoes and take to the roads, right? Wait! Before you get swept up by the emotional frenzy of this call to arms, there is something you should know. Who Profits from Breast Cancer? Breast Cancer Awareness month's primary sponsor and mastermind of the event in 1985 was Zeneca Pharmaceuticals, now known as AstraZeneca. Zeneca is the company that manufactures the controversial and widely prescribed breast cancer drug, Tamoxifen. Did you know all TV, radio, and print media campaigns are paid for and must be approved by Zeneca? It is less known that Zeneca also makes herbicides and fungicides. One of their products, the organochlorine pesticide, Acetochlor is implicated as a causal factor in breast cancer. Its Perry Ohio chemical plant is the third largest source of potential cancer causing pollution in the U.S., spewing 53,000 pounds of recognized carcinogens into the air in 1996. Why The Breast Cancer Increase? When it comes to environmental toxicity, carcinogens found in pesticides, herbicides, plastics, and other toxic chemicals that are known to cause cancer -- especially breast cancer -- there is booming silence by all Breast Cancer Awareness Month programs. Did the alarming increase of breast cancer rates just mysteriously happen? Or perhaps, the focus on the cure has conveniently ignored the cause? After all, it wouldn't really be good PR for Zeneca to have it known that their chemical products directly contribute to the breast cancer epidemic. Many experts predicted as far back as 30 years ago that cancer rates would increase, citing an explosion of synthetic chemicals. From 1940 through the early 1980's, production of synthetic chemicals increased by a factor of 350. Billions of tons of toxic substances that never existed are now released into the environment. Yet only 3 percent of the 75,000 chemicals in use have been tested for safety. These toxic time bombs are found in our water, air, and soil. Women who live near toxic waste dumps have 6.5 times the incidence of breast cancer. A survey conducted by Dr. Mary Wolff of Mt. Sinai Hospital, New York found that women with breast cancer had four times the levels of DDE found in non-carcinogenic tumors. Also, another study investigated why upper class women in the community of Newton, Massachusetts had higher breast cancer rates than the lower economic women. The researchers attributed the increase to greater use of professional lawn care service and more dry cleaning. Pesticides & Breast Cancer The pesticide breast cancer link was stunningly highlighted in research from Israel which linked three organochlorine pesticides detected in dairy products to an increase of 12 types of cancer in 10 different strains of mice. After public outcry in 1978, the Israeli government was forced to ban the pesticides Benzene Hexachloride, DDT, and Lindane. Interestingly, breast cancer mortality rates which had increased every year for 25 years, dropped nearly 8 per cent for all age groups and dropped more than a thirty-three percent for women ages 25-34 in 1986. The American Cancer Society was founded with the support of the Rockefeller family in 1913. Members of the chemical and pharmaceutical industry have long had a place on its board. Could that have something to do with the fact that the American Cancer Society's latest report on cancer prevention makes no mention of environmental factors? www.ssellman.com STEVEN RANSOM COMMENTS: While the above article is at pains to point out the huge amounts of money involved in breast cancer and the link between cancer and toxicity, nowhere does it mention the fact that the increase in 'cancer screenings' across the populations is dramatically increasing the numbers of 'supposedly dangerous' cancers being detected. While screenings again are a very lucrative means of income for the conventional institutes, there is abundant evidence that a significant percentage of the cancers being detected may not even progress, if left alone, and will in many instances disappear completely. This is simply the result of allowing a well-nourished immune system to do its job effectively - WITHOUT ANY NEED FOR CONVENTIONAL MEDICAL INTERVENTION. For the very latest on false posive diagnoses in breast cancer, how to avoid them and the vital role of nutrition in cancer prevention, obtain a copy of Great News on Cancer in the 21st Century at www.credence.org Gettingwell- / Vitamins, Herbs, Aminos, etc. To , e-mail to: Gettingwell- Or, go to our group site: Gettingwell Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 24, 2002 Report Share Posted November 24, 2002 There is a link between breast cancer and abortions. How much that this is affecting the rate increase I don't know. In California, in Marin county the rate of breast cancer is higher than normal, when hearing this, I notice that it also has a low birth rate. I don't know if they get more abortions, than ususall,but it would be something to consider. Ryan Frank [califpacific] Saturday, November 23, 2002 3:15 PM gettingwell Breast Cancer Deception http://campaignfortruth.com/Eclub/151102/breastcancerdeception.htm Breast Cancer Deception by Sherrill Sellman Every October since 1985, pink ribbons are displayed in posters, magazine advertisements, and proudly adorn women's lapels heralding Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The multitudes of runs, hikes, walks, and other fundraising events raise hundred of millions of dollars to conquer that dreaded scourge of the modern woman, breast cancer. High profile companies like Avon, Lee Denim, and Revlon have joined ranks along with the Susan G. Komen Foundation's " Race for the Cure " , and the City of Hope Hospital's " Walk for Hope " . Popular celebrities lead the charge. Each year, 180,000 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer and 44,000 will die of the disease. The US has one of the highest breast cancer rates in the world. Fifty years ago the incidence of Breast Cancer for a woman's lifetime risk was one in twenty. Now it has skyrocketed to one in eight. Clearly the so-called war on cancer has not even made a dent in the breast cancer epidemic as the rates continue to climb at the rate of one per cent per year. The motto of Breast Cancer Awareness Month is " Early Detection is Your Best Protection " . The National Cancer Institute stated in 1995 that " Breast cancer is simply not a preventable disease " . This tune was reiterated in 1997 by the American Cancer Society who also announced that " there are no practical ways to prevent breast cancer -- only early detection. " 1 So mammograms are the front line of defense. Celebrities like Rosie O'Donnell offer free t-shirts with the honorable words " I've Been Squished " if you'll make a date with your local x-ray department. So let's all join in and wave our pink ribbons and don those running shoes and take to the roads, right? Wait! Before you get swept up by the emotional frenzy of this call to arms, there is something you should know. Who Profits from Breast Cancer? Breast Cancer Awareness month's primary sponsor and mastermind of the event in 1985 was Zeneca Pharmaceuticals, now known as AstraZeneca. Zeneca is the company that manufactures the controversial and widely prescribed breast cancer drug, Tamoxifen. Did you know all TV, radio, and print media campaigns are paid for and must be approved by Zeneca? It is less known that Zeneca also makes herbicides and fungicides. One of their products, the organochlorine pesticide, Acetochlor is implicated as a causal factor in breast cancer. Its Perry Ohio chemical plant is the third largest source of potential cancer causing pollution in the U.S., spewing 53,000 pounds of recognized carcinogens into the air in 1996. Why The Breast Cancer Increase? When it comes to environmental toxicity, carcinogens found in pesticides, herbicides, plastics, and other toxic chemicals that are known to cause cancer -- especially breast cancer -- there is booming silence by all Breast Cancer Awareness Month programs. Did the alarming increase of breast cancer rates just mysteriously happen? Or perhaps, the focus on the cure has conveniently ignored the cause? After all, it wouldn't really be good PR for Zeneca to have it known that their chemical products directly contribute to the breast cancer epidemic. Many experts predicted as far back as 30 years ago that cancer rates would increase, citing an explosion of synthetic chemicals. From 1940 through the early 1980's, production of synthetic chemicals increased by a factor of 350. Billions of tons of toxic substances that never existed are now released into the environment. Yet only 3 percent of the 75,000 chemicals in use have been tested for safety. These toxic time bombs are found in our water, air, and soil. Women who live near toxic waste dumps have 6.5 times the incidence of breast cancer. A survey conducted by Dr. Mary Wolff of Mt. Sinai Hospital, New York found that women with breast cancer had four times the levels of DDE found in non-carcinogenic tumors. Also, another study investigated why upper class women in the community of Newton, Massachusetts had higher breast cancer rates than the lower economic women. The researchers attributed the increase to greater use of professional lawn care service and more dry cleaning. Pesticides & Breast Cancer The pesticide breast cancer link was stunningly highlighted in research from Israel which linked three organochlorine pesticides detected in dairy products to an increase of 12 types of cancer in 10 different strains of mice. After public outcry in 1978, the Israeli government was forced to ban the pesticides Benzene Hexachloride, DDT, and Lindane. Interestingly, breast cancer mortality rates which had increased every year for 25 years, dropped nearly 8 per cent for all age groups and dropped more than a thirty-three percent for women ages 25-34 in 1986. The American Cancer Society was founded with the support of the Rockefeller family in 1913. Members of the chemical and pharmaceutical industry have long had a place on its board. Could that have something to do with the fact that the American Cancer Society's latest report on cancer prevention makes no mention of environmental factors? www.ssellman.com STEVEN RANSOM COMMENTS: While the above article is at pains to point out the huge amounts of money involved in breast cancer and the link between cancer and toxicity, nowhere does it mention the fact that the increase in 'cancer screenings' across the populations is dramatically increasing the numbers of 'supposedly dangerous' cancers being detected. While screenings again are a very lucrative means of income for the conventional institutes, there is abundant evidence that a significant percentage of the cancers being detected may not even progress, if left alone, and will in many instances disappear completely. This is simply the result of allowing a well-nourished immune system to do its job effectively - WITHOUT ANY NEED FOR CONVENTIONAL MEDICAL INTERVENTION. For the very latest on false posive diagnoses in breast cancer, how to avoid them and the vital role of nutrition in cancer prevention, obtain a copy of Great News on Cancer in the 21st Century at www.credence.org Gettingwell- / Vitamins, Herbs, Aminos, etc. To , e-mail to: Gettingwell- Or, go to our group site: Gettingwell Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 25, 2002 Report Share Posted November 25, 2002 > Each year, 180,000 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer and 44,000 > will die of the disease. The US has one of the highest breast cancer rates > in the world. Fifty years ago the incidence of Breast Cancer for a woman's > lifetime risk was one in twenty. Now it has skyrocketed to one in eight. > Clearly the so-called war on cancer has not even made a dent in the breast > cancer epidemic as the rates continue to climb at the rate of one per cent > per year. Back in my grandmothers day they did not examine or even talk about breast cancer so what the rates were are unknown. It may have been close to today's. The population has increased so whatever cancer is there will also increase. The US has a higher rate but also has a higher awareness and screening rate. How can we possible compare ourselves with countries that have virtually no screening, exams or public awareness. Women in my grandmothers time and before did not live long enough to get breast cancer which strikes menopausal women at a higher rate. Yes someone makes money just like in MADD or any other " cause " buy I will not judge until all the facts are in. Donna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 26, 2002 Report Share Posted November 26, 2002 Dear Donna, What rubbish, these comments would be called factoids not facts. I am pretty sure that if you wait till all of the facts are, in that you will be waiting an awfully long time. Cancer has been around and under scrutiny for thousands of years. The women in your grandmother's time were very aware of cancer. If the " cure of cancer " , was the aim of the cancer industry they would not have put eveyone out of business that showed promise of doing so. I don't know where you get your ideas, but could you back them up with a few facts, ie. on, not living as long, not being able to recognize cancer, etc. Most of the information available to people in the popular media are only the point of view of the moneyied interest involved. If anyone is intersted in a women's grass roots ideas on what is happening in the world of cancer and breast cancer, I invite all to view this site at: http://www.bcaction.org/ There is a big difference between detection and prevention, between survival and true cure, and between prevention and risk reduction. BCA works towards true prevention through understanding and eliminating the causes of cancer, a true cure with treatments that don't nearly kill us, and universal access to quality health care. regards, Frank Gettingwell, califpacific wrote: > > > Each year, 180,000 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer and 44,000 > > will die of the disease. The US has one of the highest breast cancer rates > > in the world. Fifty years ago the incidence of Breast Cancer for a woman's > > lifetime risk was one in twenty. Now it has skyrocketed to one in eight. > > Clearly the so-called war on cancer has not even made a dent in the breast ******************************************************************** > In Gettingwell, Donna <kuanyin@m...> wrote: > Back in my grandmothers day they did not examine or even talk about breast > cancer so what the rates were are unknown. It may have been close to > today's. The population has increased so whatever cancer is there will also > increase. The US has a higher rate but also has a higher awareness and > screening rate. How can we possible compare ourselves with countries that > have virtually no screening, exams or public awareness. Women in my > grandmothers time and before did not live long enough to get breast cancer > which strikes menopausal women at a higher rate. Yes someone makes money > just like in MADD or any other " cause " buy I will not judge until all the > facts are in. Donna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 26, 2002 Report Share Posted November 26, 2002 The main reason it wasn't a hot topic 60 years ago, is it wasn't the " epidemic " that it is today. here are some more links of the women that are affected by it, not by the medical interests involved. http://www.ourbodiesourselves.org/ http://www.medicalconsumers.org/ http://www.mbcc.org/ http://www.womenshealthnetwork.org/ http://www.bcam.qc.ca/ F. Gettingwell, " califpacific " <califpacific> wrote: > Dear Donna, > > What rubbish, these comments would be called factoids not facts. I am > pretty sure that if you wait till all of the facts are, in that you > will be waiting an awfully long time. > > Cancer has been around and under scrutiny for thousands of years. The > women in your grandmother's time were very aware of cancer. If > the " cure of cancer " , was the aim of the cancer industry they would > not have put eveyone out of business that showed promise of doing so. > > I don't know where you get your ideas, but could you back them up > with a few facts, ie. on, not living as long, not being able to > recognize cancer, etc. > > Most of the information available to people in the popular media are > only the point of view of the moneyied interest involved. > > If anyone is intersted in a women's grass roots ideas on what is > happening in the world of cancer and breast cancer, I invite all to > view this site at: > > http://www.bcaction.org/ > > There is a big difference between detection and prevention, between > survival and true cure, and between prevention and risk reduction. > BCA works towards true prevention through understanding and > eliminating the causes of cancer, a true cure with treatments that > don't nearly kill us, and universal access to quality health care. > > > regards, > > Frank > > > > Gettingwell, califpacific@> wrote: > > > > > Each year, 180,000 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer and > 44,000 > > > will die of the disease. The US has one of the highest breast > cancer rates > > > in the world. Fifty years ago the incidence of Breast Cancer for > a woman's > > > lifetime risk was one in twenty. Now it has skyrocketed to one in > eight. > > > Clearly the so-called war on cancer has not even made a dent in > the breast > ******************************************************************** > > In Gettingwell, Donna <kuanyin@m...> wrote: > > > Back in my grandmothers day they did not examine or even talk about > breast > > cancer so what the rates were are unknown. It may have been close to > > today's. The population has increased so whatever cancer is there > will also > > increase. The US has a higher rate but also has a higher awareness > and > > screening rate. How can we possible compare ourselves with > countries that > > have virtually no screening, exams or public awareness. Women in my > > grandmothers time and before did not live long enough to get breast > cancer > > which strikes menopausal women at a higher rate. Yes someone makes > money > > just like in MADD or any other " cause " buy I will not judge until > all the > > facts are in. Donna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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