"Welcome to Cancerland"

I just found this article about breast cancer over at Twistys Blog. It is not your usual sappy article and I suggest that you all read it in it's entirety. The gist- that breast cancer is being infantized, and that we are ignoring the bigger issue- environmental causes of breast cancer- the leading cause of breast cancer. Didn't know that did you? Because it is shoved under the carpet. This is an interesting topic. If anyone else is interested in researching possible carcinogens and environmental causes of breast cancer, let me know! Let's see what we can do to protect ourselves. I want to know what foods (pesticides) and products to avoid. I want to find out which chemicals could be the cause so I can boycott them. Cancer isn't something people should accept. It is something that should be avoided.

My mother in law has a theory that lung cancer is also caused by environmental pollutions. She thinks cigarettes are taking the blame for something that is a being ignored- pollution. She is insistent that cancer caused by secondhand smoke could be from the environment instead. She goes one step further to think it is a conspiracy, a cover up. At first I thought she was a little nutty, but I didn't argue with her because, hell, she could be right. After reading this article, I am more apt to believe my mother in law. She just might be on to something. She does believe that cigarettes can cause cancer. She and I just both believe that the damage done to the environment is being ignored and is also to blame!

By the way, you should also read what Twisty has to say over there at I blame the Patriarchy.

Here is an excerpt of the article:

"What sustained me through the “treatments” is a purifying rage, a resolve, framed in the sleepless nights of chemotherapy, to see the last polluter, along with, say, the last smug health insurance operative, strangled with the last pink ribbon. "