This book explains how to identify carcinogens and other toxic ingredients on product labels, boycott such products, and shop for safe alternatives from non-mainstream industries. This is critical as we are losing the winnable war against cancer, which now strikes nearly one in two men and more than one in three women in their lifetimes, and as the increasing incidence of allergies and hormonal diseases is now recognized.
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Dr. Epstein is Professor Emeritus of Environmental and Occupational Medicine at the School of Public Health, University of Illinois at Chicago, and Chairman of the Cancer Prevention Coalition. He is an internationally recognized authority on the causes and prevention of cancer, and has published some 270 scientific articles and 12 books, including The Legislation of Product Saftey (1974), the prize-wining The Politics of Cancer (1978), The Safe Shopper's Bible (1995), The Breast Cancer Prevention Program, and The Politics of Cancer Revisited (both 1998), and Cancer-Gate: How to Win the Losing Cancer War (2005). Dr. Epstein is the recipient of many prizes and awards, including the prestigious 1998 Right Livelihood Award (The Alternative Nobel Prize). He has extensive media experience, and is a member of the National Writers Union, AFL-CIO, and the National Association of Science Writers.
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Serious things to know,
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I appreciated very much this book. It brings information that most of the times lack a serious background but not in this case. Anyway, there is always Pubmed if you want to go further. The only thing I could look with reserve is the interest conflict between the author and Neways. Said that, the book is useful, important and trustful. Read it, because you're worth it.
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Not nearly as helpful as the Safe Shopper's Guide. I was hoping for updated information on products like that one. However, it has just much more general information. It would significantly benefit by a list of chemicals to avoid that could be cut out and taken to the store.
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Very interesting and worthwile information about the negative health effects on our society as a result of the use of harmful chemical used in the manufacture of our everyday needs.
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genic ingredients, fragranced products, avoidable exposures, regulatory abdication, escalating incidence, nitrosamine precursors, fragrance ingredients, carcinogenic exposures, cancer establishment, diazolidinyl urea, nitrite preservatives, vacuum stripping, industrial carcinogens, cancer charities, personal care products, synthetic fragrances, toxic ingredients, carcinogenic pesticides, war against cancer, synthetic ingredients, mainstream industries, cancer epidemic, penetration enhancers, major industrialized nations, hazardous ingredients Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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genic ingredients, fragranced products, avoidable exposures, regulatory abdication, escalating incidence, nitrosamine precursors, fragrance ingredients, carcinogenic exposures, cancer establishment, diazolidinyl urea, nitrite preservatives, vacuum stripping, industrial carcinogens, cancer charities, personal care products, synthetic fragrances, toxic ingredients, carcinogenic pesticides, war against cancer, synthetic ingredients, mainstream industries, cancer epidemic, penetration enhancers, major industrialized nations, hazardous ingredients Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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- The Politics of Cancer by Samuel S. Epstein on 5 pages
- The Breast Cancer Prevention Program by Samuel S. Epstein in Front Matter, page 46, and Back Matter
- Cancer-Gate: How to Win the Losing Cancer War (Policy, Politics, Health and Medicine) (Policy, Politics, Health and Medicine Series, Vicente Navarro, Series) by Samuel S. Epstein in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- World Health Organization by Sam Epstein on page 46, and Back Matter
- Hazardous Waste in America by Samuel S. Epstein in Front Matter
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