By Paula P. - Posted on February 4th, 2006
Is it in the water? The food we eat? The air we breathe? I live in a county that is third in my state for cancer incidence. Coincidentally, I live just 45 minutes away from the Canadian border that is lined with factories spouting out pollution. I guess I should move.
But where can I go to get away from all the substances found to cause cancer? The plastic used on fast-food packaging, baggies we store food in, the styrofoam cups we drink out of, the chlorine and flouride in the water (to benefit the drinker), radiation from mammograms, x-rays for our teeth (to ensure they are healthy), nuclear medicine shot into veins for testing, trans fats that turn our cells into sludge, cigarette smoke, overcooked food, potato chips, chemically made sugar substitutes and cow's milk filled with hormones and antibiotics. Read More »