Since 1971, when Richard Nixon declared his "War on Cancer", more Americans than ever are being slaughtered by the disease. Every day over 1000 Americans die of cancer - becoming the fastest growing major disease in every industrialized nation, even taking into consideration longer human life spans and smoking causes. Lifetime risk for all cancers is fast approaching an unbelievable 50% of the worldwide population - enormous risks considering cancer was only the eighth leading cause of death at the beginning of this century. Equally astounding are the corresponding rises in domestic pet, wildlife, and marine cancers. Despite this massive worldwide epidemic, there is no focus on the real culprits by the Cancer Establishment, which includes the 'American Cancer Society' and 'National Cancer Institute': poor diet and the poisoning of the planet by the petrochemical industries. Instead of preventing disaster, the focus stays on highly profitable and toxic 'therapies' to cure the mostly incurable.

Skyrocketing cancer rates correspond neatly to the rise of the petrochemical industry after the Second World War, when massive pesticide use promised better, cleaner yields of food to feed the growing masses. Between 1940 and 1990, total annual production of synthetic organic chemicals went from 1 billion to over 600 billion pounds. Where are these extra chemicals living? Most likely in the soil that grows your food and in your tissues.

A very well-founded fear of cancer by the public, almost every one of whom has lost a loved one to the disease, prompts armies of well meaning people to part with their cash in false hopes of a cure. Sadly, the money appears wasted. The 'American Cancer Society' is the world's largest non-religious charity - taking in over US$6 million a year, with cash reserves of over one billion dollars. Spending for the 'American Cancer Society' alone is over US$1 million a day. Only about 16% goes directly into programs for cancer patients, the rest into bureaucratic overhead and expensive drug research. Any meager prevention programs are guaranteed not to offend the big polluters. The Cancer Establishment's Board of Directors is a revolving door of people with interests other than a true cancer dialogue: many leave to become high ranking officers in pharmeceutical and processsed food industries.

Cancer therapy money has become the proverbial 'pot of gold' for the armies of research facilities, charities, pharmeceutical companies, and lobbyists. Treating the sick and dying is big business - the average American diagnosed with cancer spend upwards of US$25 000 of their savings attempting to save their lives. Sadly, these people are not getting much for their money. Claims of serious 'progress' in the fight against cancer are bogus. The Cancer Establishments' statistics include many people with benign diseases; people in remission for more than five years are declared 'cured'. Many of those 'cured' patients will die from treatments or cancer after the five years. With more money pledged to Nixon's failed war, no end is in sight.

One example of the almost criminal promotion of toxic 'cures' is the breast cancer drug Tamoxifen, the most widely subscribed drug for prevention in 'at risk' women and treating the cancer. What isn't so widely known is that Tamoxifen is highly carcinogenic itself, causing high incidences of uterine and liver cancer not only in already ill women, but also in healthy women who are urged to take it for "prevention". Contrast this with a little publicized wonder drug which is cheap, readily available, has no side effects, and has been shown in five separate studies to reduce breast cancer risk by 30%: aspirin. Unfortunately, the Cancer Establishment chooses to promote Tamoxifen over aspirin, which is not patentable, nor profitable to promote.