Chemicals and Cancer – Nicholas D. Kristof Blog – NYTimes.com

Chemicals and Cancer – Nicholas D. Kristof Blog – NYTimes.com

This writer raises the bigger and more important question about our healthcare problems- what’s making us sick in the first place. He discusses the seldom discussed role of the over 80,000 new, man-made chemicals that have been poured into us and the earth over the past 50 years. Uh, this may be a long shot, but just maybe they are hurting us in someway…?

Finally, the science and medical communities are admitting that more drugs and surgery may not be the best answer to our epidemics of cancer, heart disease, obesity, diabetes, autism, and autoimmune diseases. That maybe we need to consider why we are all getting so sick and fat so much more now, and in such a relatively short timespan. And if we can identify what factors are contributing to these diseases maybe we can limit our exposure or avoid them and prevent many diseases from occurring in the first place. Unfortunately this is a daunting task. These chemicals are literally everywhere and in everything.

But now that the science is starting to reveal the dangers of these toxins, such as BPA in plastics, and many, many other chemicals, we at least know where to begin.  And it seems like a very fitting time for this revelation. This month, many world leaders are convening in Copenhagen to discuss the possible solutions to global warming (and pollution in general). And it is no coincidence that the health of our planet is in the same poor state that its inhabitants are.

Hopefully, our government will take notice and look into more innovative ways to clean up our earth, which should improve our overall health in the process. We will all have to change our lifestyles to accommodate these changes, but the payoff will be well worth it.

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