This important new book is a guide for understanding cancer and its causes. Elizabeth Whelan, a nationally known consumer health advocate, has constructed a book that will not only help readers understand cancer but actually outlines steps for prevention.
For decades, Americans have assumed that cancer was "God's fate" or just plain bad luck. Whelan points to research showing that when it comes to cancer risks, we largely determine our own fate. Research has isolated the causes of cancer. As a result, she believes that this knowledge gives us the tools for cancer prevention. She also combats media misinformation about cancer research by distinguishing between the known and hypothetical causes of cancer, and gives proper perspective for the correct interpretation of laboratory studies. Whelan addresses some of the contributing factors known to increase cancer susceptibility, including tobacco, diet, alcohol, radioactivity, sunlight, drugs, sex, and specific occupations. Attention is focused on what has yet to be proven as factors contributing to cancer, how to kick cigarettes, cancer's warning signs, and much more.
Elizabeth M. Whelan, Sc.D. (New York, NY), is president of the American Council on Science and Health and the author of 18 books, including Toxic Terror: The Truth Behind the Cancer Scares and Panic in the Pantry: Facts and Fallacies
About the Food You Buy,
385 pages Publication date 17th November, 1994
ISBN 047975-890-2
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