Samuel S. Epstein
1 FINALLY!
Finally a book that tells the truth. I have had cancer, twice. I do NOT want a CURE for cancer! That's correct, you heard it, I do not want a cure for cancer. I do not want you, your family or anyone else to have to suffer with cancer. I WANT A PREVENTION! NO ONE should get this preventable disease. We have all known for years that the chemicals in our environment have been causing problems. But industry backed by our government has been allowed to flourish at everyone's expense. Cancer is big business and as soon as everyone understands this maybe something will be done! Bravo for taking a stand!
2 Sometimes the truth hurts!
"The book shows that, contrary to the impression fostered by our public relations-dominated media, we are in fact losing the much-vaunted "War on Cancer." Unlike most academics in the cancer field, Prof. Epstein is passionate about public health and cultivates a take-no-prisoners style. Repeatedly rebuffed by the powers that be, he does not hesitate to name names. He claims, for instance, that the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the American Cancer Society (ACS) have both betrayed us, spending tens of billions of dollars of taxpayer and charity money "primarily targeting silver-bullet cures...while ignoring strategies for preventing cancer in the first place."
As a result, he says, cancer rates have escalated to epidemic proportions, now striking one in every two American men, and more than one in every three women.
This is an angry, impassioned and important book. Much of this book is very technical in nature. It thus requires some effort to read and digest. For the person who is seriously interested in understanding the failure of our society to address issues of industry pollution, this book is indispensable. For those who are ready to join the fight against greed and corruption in the cancer field, it will also be an enormously rewarding experience. As with Prof. Epstein's earlier books, one comes away with an almost encyclopedic knowledge of how chemicals have polluted our environment, and how those who manufacture such chemicals have similarly polluted our political system."
Review by Dr. Ralph Moss
To which the people said: Amen!
