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Cancer-gate: How to Win the Losing Cancer War

By Samuel S. Epstein

Book information

Publisher
Baywood Publishing Company/Routledge
Year
2005
ISBN
0895033100, 9780895033109
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
7 MB (7150322 bytes)
Pages
377\400
Time added
2021-07-23 19:21:29

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"Finally, Cancer-Gate tells you, the reader, how to fight back by arming yourself with the information you need to protect your family from everyday carcinogens, and how to become an activist in the war against cancer."--Jacket. Cover Title Copyright About the Author Dedication Contents Foreword Preface Acknowledgments Introduction PART I Cancer Policy and Politics 1. Losing the War Against Cancer: Who's to Blame and What to Do About It 2. Debate on Policies of the National Cancer Institute, American Cancer Society, and American College of Radiology A. Losing the "War Against Cancer": A Need for Public Policy Reforms B. Mammography Radiates Doubts C. National Cancer Institute Reaffirms Commitment to Prevention National Cancer Institute D. American College of Radiology Refutes Epstein's Comments on Mammography E. Cancer Establishment Continues to Mislead Public: Epstein Rebuts National Cancer Institute and American College of Radiology Responses F. The Cancer War and Its Critics G. Epstein Rebuts the Washington Post Editorial 3. Dangers and Unreliability of Mammography: Breast Examination Is a Safe, Effective, and Practical Alternative 4. Evaluation of the National Cancer Program and Proposed Reforms 5. American Cancer Society: The World's Wealthiest "Nonprofit" Institution 6. Legislative Proposals for Reversing the Cancer Epidemic and Controlling Run-Away Industrial Technologies 7. The Crisis in U.S. and International Cancer Policy 8. Strategies for the Stop Cancer Campaign 9. REACH: An Unprecedented Science-Based European Initiative for Regulating Industrial Chemicals PART II Hidden Carcinogens in Food 10. Debate on Safety of Recombinant Bovine Growth Hormone A. Potential Public Health Hazards of Recombinant Bovine Growth Hormone B. FDA Publishes Bovine Growth Hormone Data C. Rebuttal of Gibbons's Article Discrediting the Epstein Publication 11. Questions and Answers on Synthetic Bovine Growth Hormones 12. Unlabeled Milk from Cows Treated with Biosynthetic Growth Hormones: A Case of Regulatory Abdication 13. The Chemical Jungle: Today's Beef Industry 14. Preventing Pathogenic Food Poisoning: Sanitation, Not Irradiation PART III Pro-Industry Bias, Corporate Crime, and Poorly Recognized Industrial Risks of Cancer 15. Pro-industry Bias in Science 16. Corporate Crime: Why We Cannot Trust Industry-Derived Safety Studies 17. Industrial Risks of Colorectal Cancer 18. Industrial Risks of Breast Cancer PART IV Epilogue Why We Are Still Losing the Winnable Cancer War Appendix: Endorsers of Proposals for Cancer Policy Reform References and Further Readings Index Praise for Recent Books by Samuel S. Epstein Praise for Cancer-Gate

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