Fact # 1
All women are at risk.
Approximately 70% of breast cancers occur in women with none of the known risk factors.
Fact # 2
Only about 5% of breast cancers are inherited.
About 80% of women diagnosed with breast cancer will be the first to be victims in their families.
Fact # 3
Breast cancer is the leading killer of women ages 35 to 54 worldwide.
More than a million women develop breast cancer without knowing it and almost 500,000 die from it every year.
Fact # 4
One out of four who are diagnosed with breast cancer die within the first five years.
No less than 40% die within ten years.
Fact # 5
The incidence of breast cancer has been rising for the past 30 years.
And the supposed authorities and experts that should know, don't know why.
Fact # 6
Risk factors are not necessarily causes of breast cancer.
Enough evidence exist linking environmental pollution and contamination to cause breast cancer.
Fact # 7
Mammography fails to detect as much as 20% of all breast cancer
and as much as 40% in women under the age of 50.
Fact # 8
Early detection does not prevent breast cancer.
Avoiding and eliminating known causes will prevent breast cancer.
Fact # 9
One out of eight North American women will develop breast cancer.
The San Francisco Bay Area has the highest incidence rate in the entire world.
Fact # 10
The Philippines has the highest incidence rate of breast cancer in Asia
and is today considered to have the 9th highest incidence rate in the world today.
The Environmental Links to Breast Cancer
When all known risk factors and characteristics are added together, more than 50% of breast cancer cases remain unexplained. In the 1940's, the lifetime risk for breast cancer was 1 in 22. Today it is 1 in 8 and this number is growing significantly. There is only one proven environmental cause - exposure to ionizing radiation such as X-rays, uranium and other radioactive materials, or nuclear waste.
An estimated 85,000 synthetic chemicals are registered for use today in the U.S.A. More than 90% have never been tested for their effects on human health. There is strong evidence linking some of these chemicals to breast cancer, especially xenoestrogens - chemicals that mimic the actions of estrogen and that are found in some pesticides and fuels, plastics and detergents.
Studies have found more than 200 synthetic chemicals in human breast milk. It is a well-documented fact that many chemicals accumulate in body fat and remain in breast tissues for decades. Studies show that all women carry persistent pollutants in their blood, breasts and other fatty tissues.
Our mothers, sisters, wives, daughters and friends are suffering from breast cancer at ever-rising rates,
and the evidence shows that our increased exposure to toxic chemicals is largely contributing to the epidemic rates of this disease. These chemicals are in the food we eat, the water we drink and the air we breathe. Rather than wait for absolute proof that may be decades in coming, it is time to act on this evidence now to reduce and eliminate cancer-causing chemicals in our bodies and in our environment.
State of the Evidence 2006 Executive Summary by Nancy Evans
http://www.breastcancerfund.org/site/pp.asp?c=kwKXLdPaE&b=1370047
Breast Cancer: An Environmental Disease
http://www.nomorebreastcancer.org.uk
