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October
18, 2007:
Important Facts About Cancer II
Interview
with Devra Davis, author of the book The
Secret War on Cancer
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Mike
Carruthers:
Exposure to toxic substances seems to be a leading cause of cancer.
But why do some people get it and others don't when they're exposed
to the same level of toxins?
Devra Davis:
There's a wide range of vulnerability. Some people (like my
grandfather who lived to 97) are pretty tough.
Cancer expert
Devra Davis, author of the book The
Secret War on Cancer…
He could drink
whiskey, he could chew tobacco, he worked around industrial
equipment his whole life and he was a pretty hearty guy. There
are others who are going to be exquisitely sensitive and a very
small amount of something over a long period of time is going
to increase their vulnerability. And unfortunately, we don't
have a way to tell whether you're tough like my grandfather
or weak like other people.
So we all have
to do what we can to reduce our exposure to toxins, starting
around the house.
And read labels.
And if the label has a skull and crossbones on it, or a long
list of things you can't pronounce, then find out if there is
something safer that you can use. For cleaning in your home,
baking soda works just about as well as most cleansers. Vinegar
and water can clean a lot of things anywhere in the home.
And when you're
food shopping…
There are some
foods that you need to buy organic - like berries and peaches
and apples. But there are others where you don't need to do
that at all: onion, avocado, mango, banana, pineapple - things
with shells and skin that you would never eat. And generally
farmers are moving toward less reliance on toxic pesticides
- and that's a good thing.
At somethingyoushouldknow.net
I'm Mike Carruthers and that's Something You Should Know.
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