If You Want to Fight Cancer, Turn Those Pink Ribbons Green

commondreams.org — I'm glad to hear that the Komen Foundation has bowed to pressure and is restoring funding to Planned Parenthood. But in general, the idea of putting the energy and effort of well-meaning citizens behind "the search for a cure for cancer" just irritates me, because let's face it, we know what causes cancer, and therefore we can do better than cure it, we can prevent it! Maybe not 100%, but we can take it back to the modest rates that previous generations of human beings enjoyed. Cancer rates are skyrocketing now thanks to the environmental toxins that humans have introduced into our air, soil and water, and thus our agricultural crops, drinking water and the very air we breathe. If you really want to make a difference in the war against cancer, use the power of your wallet and your ballot to insist that the government step up and do its job in regulating the industrial agriculture sector.

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