Fw: Breast Cancer Deception

[Guest guest]

THIS is ALARMING......why am I not surprised, though?

Patty

>

> Breast Cancer Deception

> http://www.innerself.com/Health/breast_cancer.htm'>http://www.innerself.com/Health/breast_cancer.htm

>

> 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

> 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 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.(2)

>

> 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.(3) 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. 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.(4) Also, another study

> investigated why upper class women in the community of

> Newton, Massachusetts had higher breast cancer rates

> than the lower economic women.(5) 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 ne. 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.(6)

>

> 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?

>

> Breast Cancer Deception

> by Sherrill Sellman

> Continued from Part I

>

> Tamoxifen: Cure or Cause?

>

> Since Zeneca researched and patented the most popular

> breast cancer treatment, Tamoxifen, grossing 500 million

> dollars a year [Tamoxifen is actually the generic name.

> The brand name is Nolvadex.], perhaps we can forgive

> their involvement with carcinogenic chemicals... Perhaps

> not. On May 16th, 2000, the New York Times reported that

> the National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences

> listed substances that are known to cause cancer.

> Tamoxifen was included in that list!!(7)

>

> It is known that Tamoxifen causes uterine cancer, liver

> cancer, and gastro-intestinal cancer. After just two to

> three years of use, Tamoxifen will increase the incidence

> of uterine cancer by two to three times. The treatment

> for uterine cancer is a hysterectomy. In addition,

> Tamoxifen increased the risk of strokes, blood clots, eye

> damage, menopausal symptoms, and depression.

>

> The biggest shock of all is the fact that Tamoxifen will

> increase the risk of breast cancer! The journal Science

> published a study from Duke University Medical Center

> in 1999 showing that after 2 - 5 years, Tamoxifen actually

> initiated the growth of breast cancer!

>

> Zeneca: Two Sides to the Coin

>

> So, Zeneca, the originator of Breast Cancer Awareness

> month is the manufacturer of carcinogenic

> petrochemicals, carcinogenic pollutants, and a breast

> cancer drug that causes at least four different types of

> cancer in women, including breast cancer. I ask you to

> stop and think, " Is something wrong with this picture? "

>

> So, since the Breast Cancer Awareness Month spin

> doctors claim that breast cancer is " simply not a

> preventable disease " , the focus has shifted to the theme

> of early detection. Women are now encouraged to get

> their early mammogram. At one time, only women 50

> years or older were told to get this screening. Now the

> campaign is targeting 40 year olds and even women as

> young as 25. However, detecting breast cancer with

> mammography does not protect women from breast

> cancer.

>

> Mammograms: Adding Injury to Insult!

>

> More questions are being raised about the validity of

> mammograms. A mammogram is an x-ray. The only

> acknowledged cause of cancer by the American Cancer

> Society is from radiation. When it comes to radiation,

> there is no safe level of exposure.

>

> " There is clear evidence that the breast, particularly in

> premenopausal women, is highly sensitive to radiation,

> with estimates of increased risk of up to one percent for

> every RAD (radiation absorbed dose) unit of x-ray

> exposure. Even for low dosage exposure of two RADs or

> less, this exposure can add up quickly for women having

> an annual mammography, " notes Epstein, M.D.,

> Professor of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

> at the University of Illinois School of Public Health.

> " More recent concern comes from evidence that one

> percent of women, or over one million women in the

> United States alone, carry a gene that increases their

> breast cancer risk from radiation fourfold. " (8)

>

> In addition, mammography provides false tumor reports

> of between 5 and 15 percent of the time. False positive

> results cause women to be re-exposed to additional X

> rays and create an environment of further stress, even

> possibly leading to unneeded surgery.

>

> " Furthermore, " says Dr. Epstein, " while there is a

> general consensus that mammography improves early

> cancer detection and survival in post-menopausal

> women, no such benefit is demonstrable for younger

> women. " Still, the American Cancer Society

> recommends annual or biannual mammography for all

> women ages forty to fifty-five or earlier.

>

> " Mammograms increase the risk for developing breast

> cancer and raise the risk of spreading or metastasizing

> an existing growth, " says Dr. B. Simone, a

> former clinical associate in immunology and

> pharmacology at the National Cancer Institute. Safer and

> even more effective diagnostic techniques like infrared

> thermography has been vigorously attacked by the

> Breast Cancer Awareness organizations.(9)

>

> It is also noteworthy to point out that General Electric, a

> major polluter in PCB's in the Hudson River, N.Y. area,

> manufactures mammography machines.

>

> So all the hullabaloo that comes each October, enlisting

> women's support and hard-earned cash does nothing to

> really eliminate the cause of this devastating disease.

> Instead, women's heart-felt desires and good intentions

> to find the cause and cure are usurped by the hidden

> agendas of major transnational corporations pushing

> their toxic drug treatments and diagnostic tools that are

> shown to contribute to even more breast cancer. It

> makes one wonder if the cancer establishment is really

> interested in a cure at all.

>

> Can We Do Anything?

>

> Women can make a difference. The causes of cancer are

> already known. Toxic diets, toxic lifestyles, toxic

> environments, toxic drug treatments, and toxic

> diagnostic techniques cause cancer. Corporations are

> only interested in increasing their profits and ensuring

> their tentacles of control, not in actual solutions.

> When it comes to Breast Cancer Awareness Month, women

> must invest their time and money into projects, initiatives,

> and treatments that will truly make a difference.

>

> Perhaps it is time to turn in those pink ribbons.

>

>

> References:

>

> 1. Epstein, E, M.D. The Politics of Cancer,

> East Ridge Press, USA 1998, p. 539.

>

> 2. Batt, Sharon, " Cancer, Inc " , Sierra Magazine,

> September-October 1999, p. 36.

>

> 3. Ibid p. 38.

>

> 4. Hormone Disruptors: Cancer Effects, http://www.

> worldwildlifefund.ca.com Jan 18, 1999 Page 1.

>

> 5. website: http://mercola.com

> (http://mercola.com/1999/oct/24/breast_cancer_study_of_pesticides.html).

>

> 6. J. Westin and E. Richter " Israeli Breast Cancer Anomaly " ,

> ls of the New York Academy of Science 609 (1990).

> 269-279.

>

> 7. " U.S. Report Adds to List of Carcinogens " The New York

> Times , May 16, 2000.

>

> 8. Epstein, op.cit. p. 538.

>

> 9. Burton Goldberg, Alternative Medicine Guide to Women's

> Health Series 2. Future Medicine Publishing, Tiburon, CA 1997,

> p. 91.

>

>

> Book by this author:

>

> Another article by Ms. Sellman:

> Beware of the Dark Side of Tamoxifen

>

> Sherrill Sellman's eight years of research resulted in

> writing the book " Hormone Heresy: What Women Must Know

> About Their Hormones. "

>

>

> About The Author

>

> SHERRILL SELLMAN is a psychotherapist, lecturer, and

> Women's Health Educator. Sherrill actively writes for health

> magazines in over 12 different countries and presents public

> and corporate lectures and trainings in Australia, New Zealand,

> America, Canada, and England. Sherrill offers a Hormonal

> Balancing Coaching Program by phone consultation at (918)

> 437-1058. For further info visit www.ssellman.com or

> email: golight@....

[Guest guest]

Excellent article Patty. Thanks for forwarding that one. I have always felt there was something behind all this hype about mamographies and really believed someone was lining their pockets as a result. It's nice to now know the name of the company behind all this crap. J

----- Original Message -----

From: Patty

Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2001 3:20 PM

Subject: Fw: Breast Cancer Deception

THIS is ALARMING......why am I not surprised, though?Patty> > Breast Cancer Deception> http://www.innerself.com/Health/breast_cancer.htm> > 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> 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 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.(2)> > 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.(3) 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. 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.(4) Also, another study> investigated why upper class women in the community of> Newton, Massachusetts had higher breast cancer rates> than the lower economic women.(5) 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 ne. 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.(6)> > 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?> > Breast Cancer Deception> by Sherrill Sellman> Continued from Part I> > Tamoxifen: Cure or Cause?> > Since Zeneca researched and patented the most popular> breast cancer treatment, Tamoxifen, grossing 500 million> dollars a year [Tamoxifen is actually the generic name.> The brand name is Nolvadex.], perhaps we can forgive> their involvement with carcinogenic chemicals... Perhaps> not. On May 16th, 2000, the New York Times reported that> the National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences> listed substances that are known to cause cancer.> Tamoxifen was included in that list!!(7)> > It is known that Tamoxifen causes uterine cancer, liver> cancer, and gastro-intestinal cancer. After just two to> three years of use, Tamoxifen will increase the incidence> of uterine cancer by two to three times. The treatment> for uterine cancer is a hysterectomy. In addition,> Tamoxifen increased the risk of strokes, blood clots, eye> damage, menopausal symptoms, and depression.> > The biggest shock of all is the fact that Tamoxifen will> increase the risk of breast cancer! The journal Science> published a study from Duke University Medical Center> in 1999 showing that after 2 - 5 years, Tamoxifen actually> initiated the growth of breast cancer!> > Zeneca: Two Sides to the Coin> > So, Zeneca, the originator of Breast Cancer Awareness> month is the manufacturer of carcinogenic> petrochemicals, carcinogenic pollutants, and a breast> cancer drug that causes at least four different types of> cancer in women, including breast cancer. I ask you to> stop and think, "Is something wrong with this picture?"> > So, since the Breast Cancer Awareness Month spin> doctors claim that breast cancer is "simply not a> preventable disease", the focus has shifted to the theme> of early detection. Women are now encouraged to get> their early mammogram. At one time, only women 50> years or older were told to get this screening. Now the> campaign is targeting 40 year olds and even women as> young as 25. However, detecting breast cancer with> mammography does not protect women from breast> cancer.> > Mammograms: Adding Injury to Insult!> > More questions are being raised about the validity of> mammograms. A mammogram is an x-ray. The only> acknowledged cause of cancer by the American Cancer> Society is from radiation. When it comes to radiation,> there is no safe level of exposure.> > "There is clear evidence that the breast, particularly in> premenopausal women, is highly sensitive to radiation,> with estimates of increased risk of up to one percent for> every RAD (radiation absorbed dose) unit of x-ray> exposure. Even for low dosage exposure of two RADs or> less, this exposure can add up quickly for women having> an annual mammography," notes Epstein, M.D.,> Professor of Occupational and Environmental Medicine> at the University of Illinois School of Public Health.> "More recent concern comes from evidence that one> percent of women, or over one million women in the> United States alone, carry a gene that increases their> breast cancer risk from radiation fourfold."(8)> > In addition, mammography provides false tumor reports> of between 5 and 15 percent of the time. False positive> results cause women to be re-exposed to additional X> rays and create an environment of further stress, even> possibly leading to unneeded surgery.> > "Furthermore," says Dr. Epstein, "while there is a> general consensus that mammography improves early> cancer detection and survival in post-menopausal> women, no such benefit is demonstrable for younger> women." Still, the American Cancer Society> recommends annual or biannual mammography for all> women ages forty to fifty-five or earlier.> > "Mammograms increase the risk for developing breast> cancer and raise the risk of spreading or metastasizing> an existing growth," says Dr. B. Simone, a> former clinical associate in immunology and> pharmacology at the National Cancer Institute. Safer and> even more effective diagnostic techniques like infrared> thermography has been vigorously attacked by the> Breast Cancer Awareness organizations.(9)> > It is also noteworthy to point out that General Electric, a> major polluter in PCB's in the Hudson River, N.Y. area,> manufactures mammography machines.> > So all the hullabaloo that comes each October, enlisting> women's support and hard-earned cash does nothing to> really eliminate the cause of this devastating disease.> Instead, women's heart-felt desires and good intentions> to find the cause and cure are usurped by the hidden> agendas of major transnational corporations pushing> their toxic drug treatments and diagnostic tools that are> shown to contribute to even more breast cancer. It> makes one wonder if the cancer establishment is really> interested in a cure at all.> > Can We Do Anything?> > Women can make a difference. The causes of cancer are> already known. Toxic diets, toxic lifestyles, toxic> environments, toxic drug treatments, and toxic> diagnostic techniques cause cancer. Corporations are> only interested in increasing their profits and ensuring> their tentacles of control, not in actual solutions.> When it comes to Breast Cancer Awareness Month, women> must invest their time and money into projects, initiatives,> and treatments that will truly make a difference.> > Perhaps it is time to turn in those pink ribbons.> > > References:> > 1. Epstein, E, M.D. The Politics of Cancer,> East Ridge Press, USA 1998, p. 539.> > 2. Batt, Sharon, "Cancer, Inc ", Sierra Magazine,> September-October 1999, p. 36.> > 3. Ibid p. 38.> > 4. Hormone Disruptors: Cancer Effects, http://www.> worldwildlifefund.ca.com Jan 18, 1999 Page 1.> > 5. website: http://mercola.com> (http://mercola.com/1999/oct/24/breast_cancer_study_of_pesticides.html).> > 6. J. Westin and E. Richter " Israeli Breast Cancer Anomaly",> ls of the New York Academy of Science 609 (1990).> 269-279.> > 7. "U.S. Report Adds to List of Carcinogens" The New York> Times , May 16, 2000.> > 8. Epstein, op.cit. p. 538.> > 9. Burton Goldberg, Alternative Medicine Guide to Women's> Health Series 2. Future Medicine Publishing, Tiburon, CA 1997,> p. 91.> > > Book by this author:> > Another article by Ms. Sellman:> Beware of the Dark Side of Tamoxifen> > Sherrill Sellman's eight years of research resulted in> writing the book "Hormone Heresy: What Women Must Know> About Their Hormones."> > > About The Author> > SHERRILL SELLMAN is a psychotherapist, lecturer, and> Women's Health Educator. Sherrill actively writes for health> magazines in over 12 different countries and presents public> and corporate lectures and trainings in Australia, New Zealand,> America, Canada, and England. Sherrill offers a Hormonal> Balancing Coaching Program by phone consultation at (918)> 437-1058. For further info visit www.ssellman.com or> email: golight@....