2010: Presidents Cancer Panel: Eat Organic, Avoid Plastics A landmark report says the government has been grossly underestimating the effect of environmental toxins on our cancer risk. ...the Presidents Cancer Panel urges the public to eat foods grown without chemical pesticides, fertilizers, hormones, and antibiotics... This is a groundbreaking report—and it’s about time, says Diana Zuckerman, PhD, president of the National Research Center for Women & Families and StopCancerFund.org. It’s time to focus as much effort on preventing cancer as we do on trying to find a cure. The report also discussed the effect of exposure on unborn children, who are pre-polluted with hundreds of chemicals before they even leave the womb. Its likely industrial foodmakers, plastic makers, and biotech companies arent happy about the report. In fact, there were rumors flying just last week that the food industry threatened to block legislation that would ban BPA from food packaging. But with this report, for the first time in a long time, observers say it feels like human health may come before corporate interests. Dowload Presidents Cancer Panel Report saferchemicals.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2013/08/pres-cancer-panel-fs.pdf?192062 Read More rodalenews/presidents-cancer-panel
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