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According to Epstein's research, incidence rates increased 18%. Non-smoking related cancers rose sharply. Liver cancer rates swelled 104%, prostate cancer 88%, thyroid and testicular cancer 54%, breast cancer 29%, and brain cancer 14%.
Ironically, the more money spent on cancer, the more it proliferates because little goes for prevention, none lobbying for prohibiting carcinogens from the environment, workplaces, food, air, consumer products, and prescription drugs.
Epstein explained that "damage control," not prevention, is cancer proliferation's root cause, saying "cancer establishment" priorities (including NCI's) are misguided.
Shamelessly, NCI's opening statement in its 2001 Cancer Facts report says "cancer prevention is a major component and current priority - to reduce suffering and death from cancer." In fact, it's a minor effort compared to most funds ill-directed.
In addition, Epstein showed most prevention advocacy only stressed avoiding smoking and bad diets, not the main carcinogenic threats to prohibit and avoid.
Epstein named the three major categories NCI won't discuss:
-- air, water, food, soil, and workplace environmental carcinogens;
-- others in consumer products and pesticides; and
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