What Causes Cancer?

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Toxic Products in our Environment Physics
3333 Deana Singleton
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What do these products have in common?
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They all contain carcinogens that cause
Cancer!!!!
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5 Steps to Get Cancer

• Avoid the Sun
• Milk and other animal products
• Refined Carbohydrates
• Sodium Nitrate
• Chemical Additives

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Lack of Sunlight

• Natural sunlight is powerful prevention for
  cancer. People who get plenty of natural sunlight
  have a greatly reduced risk of being diagnosed
  with cancer, including prostate and breast cancer
• Therefore, by avoiding sunlight and using plenty
  of sun block and sunscreen outside, you increase
  your chances of getting cancer
• -NewsTarget.com
• Chances of getting skin cancer can be lowered by
  staying in the shade as much as you can, wearing
  a hat and shirt when you are in the sun, and
  using sunscreen.
• American Cancer Society

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Animal Products

• Milk can contained aflatoxin which is produced by
  certain species of mold and may cause liver
  cancer. The mold can grow on grains used in
  animal feed, causing the toxin to form. The toxin
  can then pass into the milk of animals eating the
  feed.
• Aflatoxin- a potent carcinogen, which causes
  illnesses and could lead to death. In the US,
  food is routinely screened to detect and
  eliminate aflatoxin, in developing countries
  which have fewer food safety regulations. FDA,
  and local testing facilities test milk before
  being released
• According to an Arkansas milk hauler's
  allegations, truck drivers shipped milk that
  tested positive for illegal drug residues or
  aflatoxin to be produced into cheese and other
  daily products.

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Toxic Milk

• Growth factors enhance growth and development of
  different organs, that are necessary for cell
  production in infants. Cells in adults dont
  need to multiply so rapidly, and therefore cause
  mutated cell production.
• Growth factors causes stimulation of growth cells
  that have been damaged by mutagenic substances,
  and stimulates growth of normal cells.
• FDA encourages milk consumption for calcium needs

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Refined Carbohydrates

• The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
  classifies acrylamide, a colorless, crystalline
  solid, as a medium hazard probable human
  carcinogen.
• Studies show acrylamide occurs when carbohydrates
  are heated, creates a chemical known as
  acrylamide which is a cancer-causing agent
• Induces gene mutations, which causes both benign
  and malignant stomach tumors and damage to
  central and peripheral nervous system
• --Stockholm University

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Carbohydrates

• Stockholm University's department of
  environmental chemistry, said the consumption of
  a single potato crisp could
  take acrylamide intake up to the WHO maximum for
  drinking water.
• Obviously incorrect information, World Health
  Organization found no basis to take starch
  products off the market.
• FDA and national cancer institutes find no
  conclusive results from studies

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Sodium Nitrate

• Foods containing Sodium Nitrate (packaged meats
  and breakfast meats)
• Consuming prepared meat increases the risk of
  contracting lung cancer, breast cancer, prostate
  cancer, and colon cancer.
• All prepared foods therefore will eventually
  cause cancer, ....if you live long enough.
• Claims that cooking converts healthy protein
  into  toxins that cause cancer and other serious
  illnesses. Cooking converts healthy cholesterol
  and healthy fats into toxins that causes diseases
  
• --Waisays.com

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Heating up Toxic Food

• By heating whatever food, hundreds of different
  mutagenic substances originate. The more protein
  that food contains, the more mutagenics originate
  due to cooking etc. If we only live long enough,
  these substances eventually will cause cancer.
• ---waisays.com

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Chemical Additives

• Products containing chemical additives can be
  absorbed through the skin or enter the body
  through nicks caused by shaving.
• Parabens, a preservative, are used in deodorants
  and antiperspirants, as well as many cosmetic,
  food, and pharmaceutical products.
• According to some studies, they are shown to
  mimic the activity of estrogen in the bodys
  cells. Because estrogen promotes the growth of
  breast cancer cells, some scientists have
  suggested that the use of deodorants or
  antiperspirants could cause the accumulation of
  parabens in breast tissues.
• National Cancer Institute (NCI) and FDA does not
  find any conclusive evidence

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Fragrances are Hazards!

• Fragrance chemicals are extremely toxic chemicals
  . They are known carcinogens, and cause liver
  damage.
• Shampoo, deodorants, creams, laundry detergents,
  dryer sheets, and soaps contain fragrances, and
  therefore are toxic chemicals
• Daily we coat ourselves with chemicals which are
  absorbed by our skin
• Wearing toxic fragrance chemicals is actually
  quite similar to eating them.
• --NewsTarget.com

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Deodorant

• Frequency of underarm shaving and deodorant use
  among 437 breast cancer survivors was released in
  2003.
• Study found that the age of breast cancer
  diagnosis was significantly lower in women who
  used these products and shaved their underarms
  more frequently.
• Women who began both of these underarm hygiene
  habits before 16 years of age were diagnosed with
  breast cancer at an earlier age than those who
  began these habits later.
• Results suggest that underarm shaving with the
  use of deodorants may be related to breast
  cancer, but does not demonstrate a conclusive
  link between these underarm hygiene habits and
  breast cancer.

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Lack of Evidence

• FDA and various cancer organizations found that
  the studies supporting chemical additives causing
  cancer did not prove that parabens cause breast
  tumors
• The authors did not analyze healthy breast tissue
  or tissues from other areas of the body
• Also, they did not demonstrate that parabens are
  found only in cancerous breast tissue
• The source of the parabens were not studied, and
  the studies could not establish that the
  accumulation of parabens is caused by the use of
  deodorants or antiperspirants.

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What Really Causes Cancer?

• In many cases, the exact cause of cancer remains
  a mystery. We know that certain changes in our
  cells can cause cancer to start, but we don't yet
  know exactly how this happens. -American Cancer
  Society
• Smoking
• Drinking Alcohol
• Ionizing Radiation (x-rays)

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Credible Sources

• National Cancer Institute
• American Cancer Society
• World Health Organization
• Food and Drug Administration
• National Institute of Environmental Health
  Sciences

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Resources

• Atkins.com
• Waisays.com
• NewsTarget.com
• American Cancer Society
• Food and Drug Adminstration
• National Cancer Institute
• World Health Organization
• National Institute of Environmental Health
  Sciences