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CHICAGO, Jan. 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ –President Barack Obama is the first new President to develop a comprehensive cancer plan.
While the plan reflects strong emphasis on oncology, disturbingly no reference is made to prevention, and the wide range of avoidable causes of cancer.
The plan defines and coordinates the responsibilities of four federal agencies: the National Cancer Institute (NCI), for research and clinical trials; the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, for epidemiological follow up and support of cancer survivors; the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, for funding cancer related care; and the FDA, for regulating cancer drugs.
In 1971, Congress passed the National Cancer Act which authorized the National Cancer Program, calling for "an expanded and intensified research program for the prevention of cancer caused by occupational or environmental exposures to carcinogens." Shortly afterwards, President Richard Nixon announced his "War Against Cancer," and authorized a $200 million budget for the NCI. Since then, its budget has escalated by nearly 30-fold, to $5.3 billion this year.
Meanwhile, the incidence of a wide range of cancers, other than those due to smoking, has escalated sharply from 1975 to 2005, when the latest NCI statistics were published. These include malignant melanoma (172%), Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (79%), thyroid (116%), testis (60%), and childhood cancers (38%).
As widely reported in the November 26, 2008, press, the NCI claimed that the incidence of new cancers has been falling from 1999 to 2005. However, this is contrary to its latest statistics. These show increases of 45% for thyroid cancer, 18% for malignant melanoma, 18% for kidney cancer, 10% for childhood cancers, and 4% for testes cancer.
Disturbingly, the NCI has still failed to develop, let alone publicize, any listing or registry of avoidable exposures to a wide range of carcinogens. These include: some pharmaceuticals; high dose diagnostic radiation; occupational; environmental; and ingredients in consumer products — food, household products, and cosmetics and personal care products. The NCI has also failed to respond, other than misleadingly or dismissively, to prior Congressional requests for such information.
In March 1998, in a series of questions to then NCI Director Dr. Richard Klausner, Congressman David Obey requested information on NCI’s policies and priorities. He asked "Should the NCI develop a registry of avoidable carcinogens and make this information widely available to the public?" The answer was, and remains, no. Klausner’s responses made it clear that NCI persisted in indifference to cancer prevention, coupled with imbalanced emphasis on damage control–screening, diagnosis, treatment, and clinical trials.
Moreover, NCI’s claims for the success of "innovative treatment" have been sharply criticized by distinguished oncologists. In 2004, Nobelist Leland Hartwell, President of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Control Center, warned that "Congress and the public are not paying NCI $4.7 billion a year," most of which is spent on "promoting ineffective drugs" for terminal disease.
It should be further emphasized that the costs of new biotech cancer drugs have increased more than 100-fold over the last decade. Furthermore, the U.S. spends five times more than the U.K. on chemotherapy per patient, although their survival rates are similar.
The Obama Cancer Plan is subject to Congressional authorization, and funding approval by Congressman David Obey, Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, and Senator Robert Byrd, Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee. These committees are now in a position to require that major priority should be directed to cancer prevention rather than just to oncology. Clearly, the more cancer is prevented, the less there is to treat. As importantly, this will also be of major help in achieving President Obama’s goal "to lower health care costs."
As cancer prevention scientists and advocates, we strongly welcome the new Administration with joy and hope.
Samuel S. Epstein, MD
Professor emeritus Environmental & Occupational Medicine
University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health,
Chairman, Cancer Prevention Coalition
2121 West Taylor Street, MC 922
Chicago, IL 60612
e-mail epstein@uic.edu
SOURCE Cancer Prevention Coalition
CORRECTION: It was inadvertently reported that Senator Robert Byrd is Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee. Daniel K. Inouye is the current Chairman.
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Hey everyone. I have just returned from my trip to Las Vegas, NV for my home business Neways’ national convention. This was my first time flying and I absolutely loved it. I have uploaded some of the many many pictures from the trip to my website. Check them out today by clicking here or visit the ‘Photo Gallery’ on my website.
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Hey everyone. I want to share this with you. It is two articles from the Vancouver Province. Leave me some comments and tell me what you think about this.
Shampoos need to come clean on their ingredients! Shampoos are generally composed of a mixture of about 50% sodium lauryl sulfate, some sodium
stearate and about 40% water, Most liquid type shampoos may contain the
following tongue twisting names for detergents – Triethanolamine
dodecylbenzene sulfonate, Ethanolamide of lauric acid, along with perfumes, dyes,
a host of other multisyllable names to create the desired consistency and performance. Shampoos are among the most frequently cited in complaints to the
FDA. Reports include eye irritation, scalp irritation, tangled hair, swelling of hands, face and arms, and split and fuzzy hair. (A Consumer’s Dictionary of Cosmetic Ingredients, Ruth Winters, MS. Crown Trade Paperbacks, 1994)
What else is in your shampoo?
One of the big culprits in shampoo seems to be the Sodium Lauryl Sulfate (SLS). SLS is a surfactant, or wetting agent which means its purpose in the formula is to lower the surface tension in water thus allowing the shampoo to spread out and penetrate
more easily. According to one study, to determine the effect of SLS in the eye, it was found that SLS is rapidly taken up and accumulated by eye tissues and retained for up to five days. SLS uptake is greater in younger eyes decreasing with increasing age. It was also found to cause changes in some proteins of eye tissues and can extend the healing time in injured eyes. Another study as cited by the Wall Street Journal, 11, 1, 88 linked SLS to cataracts and Nitrate absorption. The nitrate absorption occurs when the SLS becomes contaminated with NDELA (N-nitrosodiethanolamine) during processing. This contamination comes about as a result of SLS coming into contact with any number of chemicals including Triethanolamine (TEA), which as you will recall is a commonly used ingredient in shampoos as a detergent, Put simply: SLS + TEA= NDELA (a nitrosamine and a recognized carcinogem. It doesn’t stop there. In September of 1992 John Bailey, director of FDA’s Division of Colours and Cosmetics, while dressing the Dermal Clinical Evaluation Society reported the discovery of another reactant chemical contaminant that seemed to be showing up in cosmetics specifically in shampoos and bubble baths. Excessively high levels of 1, 4 dioxane, a substance
found to cause liver cancer in lab animal studies conducted by the National Cancer Institute in the 1970’s, seem to be occurring in products that use non-ionic ethoxylated surfactants in emulsion products such as conditioners. It was also noted that shampoos for children use higher levels of ethylene oxide to decrease the
irritancy factor. In fact the higher degree of ethoxylation the more likely the occurrence of 1,4 dioxane. 1,4 dioxane has been determined to be an animal carcinogen and may
be a human health risk. Most common human exposure to this compound occurs in shampoos formulated with sodium or ammonium laureth sulfates or other ethoxylated surfactants. (DC) November 1992)
I recall a chemist at a convention saying that they learn in their first year of chemistry that SLS denatures protein. I can only wonder at this since SLS is used so widely in our skin and hair products. Did they also teach first year chemists that skin and
hair is made up of protein? And last, but far from being least, SLS is a mutagen! This means that it is capable of actually changing the information in genetic material found
in cells.
On that note:
Shampoo Linked to Sperm
Canadian Press
OTTAWA – Researchers are pointing to shampoo as a possible factor in the apparent decline of sperm quality in many countries. The theory is getting international attention and even sceptics agree it should be investigated. Scandinavian researchers say
chemicals known as alkyl-phenol ethoxylades, used in shampoos and other products, can act like the female sex-hormone estrogen.
Boys exposed to such chemicals before puberty could suffer disruption of their hormonal processes, said Jorma Toppari of the University of Turku in Finland. “‘We know that these compounds are hormonally active, and we know that you can influence sperm counts by exposing a child or fetus to hormones that act like these compounds,” he told a conference on Great Lakes water quality in Duluth, Minn.
Studies show sperm counts in several countries have declined suspicion over alkyl-phenol ethoxylades is new.
Reported in the Vancouver Province
September 28, 1995
Wow. Is that not something horrendous!!! I was aware of SLS and toxins in personal care products. I wanted to share the message with you. There is something you can do about it!! Check out a website of mine and contact me if you have any questions.
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Peace, Health & Wealth;
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Hey everyone. It is 2:00 in the morning and I was getting ready to wrap everything up for the night and I remembered that I have not updated for you all in a while. So here it is. I have been busy the past month working on a business with 2 friends of mine. I will have the full details available on the company website when we launch officially. In the mean time you can feed your curiosity by adding us on MySpace at www.MySpace.com/SimplyEcoGifts .
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I look forward to talking with you all. Well everyone. I am sleepy and I promise to let you know when our eco-friendly online shop officially opens.
Peace, Health, & Wealth;
Anthony
