Martha Hoff, MFCC
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Cancer Studies for Determined People

In 1978, Israel banned many industrial chemicals such as DDT and PCB (found in increased concentration in malignant breast tissue). In the next decade there was a 30% drop in breast cancer mortality in women under 40 years old. World wide the mortality rate from breast cancer rose 4% during that same decade. Westin, J. and Richter, E. "Israeli Breast Cancer Anomaly." Annals of the New York Academy of Science 609 (1990):269-279.

Pesticides used to control pests in the home have been implicated in the development of cancer. These include No-pest strips, termite pesticides, home pesticide bombs, and flea collars. For instance, No-pest strips emit continuous vapors of DDVP, a highly carcinogenic chemical. "No-Pest Strip Insecticide Poses Unacceptably High Risk of Cancer in People and Pets". Journal of Pesticide Reform Spring (1988):29.

In 1987 a study found that children living near power lines had five times the risk of developing all kinds of cancer. Another study revealed that ordinary household appliances generate larger electromagnetic fields than do power lines and that many people sit closer than the sixteen foot drop-off of the fields. Ezzel, C. "Power line static. Debates Rage Over the Possible hazards of Electromagnetic Fields." Science News 140(Sep. 1991): 202-203.

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Mercury is a known carcinogen, yet the "silver" fillings in your teeth are 50% mercury and only 25% silver. Joyal Taylor, D.D.S., president of the Environmental Dental Association felt that this is especially harmful, "as mercury acts as a carcinogen, and can impair immune function". Quoted in Alternative Medicine: The Definitive Guide,Compiled by the Burton Goldberg Group, Future Medicine Publishing, Inc., Fife Washington, pg. 84.(note: also reported in this volume: Germany has prohibited the use of mercury fillings since 1992. Sweden will pay 50% of the cost of removing mercury fillings. Mercury has been designated by the EPA in the United States to be a waste disposal hazard).

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