CANCER
- THE BILLION DOLLAR INDUSTRY
THERE IS A CURE FOR CANCER AND ITS CALLED CANNABIS, BUT ....
THERE IS A CURE FOR CANCER AND ITS CALLED CANNABIS, BUT ....
Stes de Necker
If you had a
business selling something that made you well over a hundred billion dollars
per year, would you take steps to eradicate the need for your business? Or
would you make every effort for that money continue rolling in?
Take cancer,
for example. Don’t let all the media hype about “The Cure” fool you.
No one who is in a position to do so wants to end cancer because they are
all making a killing on the big business of treatment, while ordinary people go
broke, suffer horribly, and die.
There will
never be a “cure” brought to market because there just isn’t enough profit in
eradicating the disease entirely. There will never be a governing body
that protects consumers from being subjected to known carcinogens, because that
too, will stop the cash from rolling in. A great deal of research is covered up
and many potential cures are ignored and discredited because there is far more
money in perpetuating illness than in curing it. In 2012, the reported spending
on cancer treatment was 124.6 billion dollars. Blood money.
The Grim
Statistics
Just the word
“cancer” sends a frisson of fear down the spine of the most stalwart optimist.
Terrifyingly, almost one in two people will get the dreaded disease, and
the numbers are only getting worse. Here are some quick stats for
background:
Nearly half
of all Americans will develop cancer in their lifetime. Quick math tells
us that is an astonishing 157 million victims.
Over half a
million people in America died of cancer in 2012.
In 2011,
cancer was the #1 cause of death in the Western world, and #2 in developing
countries.
Cancer is the
#1 cause of childhood death in the United States.
This is a
fairly recent increase. A hundred years ago, the number was far
different. At that time, 1 in 33 people were stricken with the disease.
And despite billions of dollars being spent to find “the cure”, the World Health Organization predicts
that deaths from cancer will DOUBLE by the year 2030.
The news is full of photos of babies who are missing an eye,
of beautiful bald children who have lost their hair to chemo, and of people who
have had to have body parts removed in order to survive a few more years.
But cancer is NOT normal. It isn’t something that “just happens”.
Researchers know the things that cause cancer. Government
protection agencies do too, but they do nothing to limit these toxins in the
marketplace.
Why?
Because,
cancer is big business and those who are profiting have great financial
interest in seeing the deadly trend continue to increase.
Poisoned for
Profit
So what has
changed? How did we go from a 3% chance of contracting cancer to a
41% chance?
It’s the
advent of Big Pharma, Big Agri and Big Business. They are getting rich
off of poisoning Americans through the manufacture of toxic elements that we
are exposed to on a daily basis.
Unless you
live in a bubble and have no contact with manufactured items, outside air, or
the sun, you are exposed to a staggering number of known and suspected
carcinogens every day.
The statistics
support that the cumulative build up of all these different toxins in the human
body eventually results in cancer in many people.
First, the
manufacturers and the “food” producers profit when we buy their poisoned goods.
Then the
medical system and pharmaceutical companies profit when we become ill and must
fight cancer.
The drugs
alone can cost over $100,000 per year, and that is on top of exorbitant costs
for radiation, chemotherapy, and physician’s bills. In the United States,
cancer is the #1 most expensive “per person” illness to treat.
Why would
those who profit want to prevent cancer when 95.5 BILLION DOLLARS PER YEAR is
spent on treating it? There is a vested interest in this increase in illness
and the people benefiting from it have no intention of reducing the cases of
cancer.
Don’t Count
on Obamacare
Don’t look to Obamacare to be the saving grace of
cancer victims, either. With this type of government controlled medicine,
budgets will be strictly adhered to and the decisions on how to proceed and
what will be paid for will NOT be in the hands of the ill person. Treatments,
medications, and funds will be strictly allocated through what many people are
referring to as “death panels.”
Furthermore,
Obamacare only covers 60% of your medical costs in most cases (after a hefty
deductible) and none of your medication is covered. If you don’t have
$50,000 or more kicking around for your co-pay, you will be out of luck,
despite diligently paying your worthless monthly premiums.
Prevention:
Your Only Defense
Avoiding
carcinogens as diligently as possible is your best defense against becoming the
“1 in 3″, but it isn’t easy. Furthermore, you’ll be considered an “extremist”
or a “kook” by those around you who have buried their heads in the sand.
Basically, a
spending day in the Western world is a like spending a day running a gauntlet
of toxins and carcinogens. Big Pharma, Big Agri and Big Business are getting
rich off of poisoning Americans.
There are
steps you can take to limit your exposure but be prepared for many people to
consider your actions extreme. Very few people are committed enough to their
health and the health of their family to do the research required to identify
the dangers around them and then go against the current to avoid those perils.
Since most of
us don’t live in a bubble, we will be subjected to some of these toxins –
they’re impossible to avoid entirely. However, you can limit your
exposure by taking the following steps to reduce your exposure to everyday
poisons. (This list is expanded from the article, “The Great American Cancer Cluster” with
permission from The Daily Sheeple.)
Purchase
organic foods as often as possible. GMOs and pesticides are proven carcinogens.
Load your
plate with colorful antioxidants. Opt for organic versions of foods like
berries, colorful veggies, dark chocolate, and coffee, to name a few, are
loaded with powerful, cancer-fighting antioxidants and will boost your immune
system against other types of illness and disease as well.
Avoid
processed foods. Many of the additives and preservatives featured
abundantly in North America are banned in other countries precisely because of
the health risks they represent.
Select
non-toxic cookware. Nonstick cookware contains Teflon
and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), which emit at least toxic gases within
5 minutes of heating up that nonstick pan. Once the pans become
scratched, toxic particles are leached directly into the food you’re preparing.
Aluminum cookware is also potentially toxic. Cast iron, ceramic, glass, and clay
are all better cookware options.
Don’t smoke.
Consume
alcohol only in moderation.
Limit the use
of plastic in your home. BPA or Bisphenol-A are petrochemical plastics
that are a major component of many water bottles, lines the inside of canned
goods, and makes up the hard material of many reusable food containers,
including some brands of baby bottles. They leach cancer causing endocrine disruptors into food,
especially if the food is hot. Use glass containers whenever possible.
Select
personal care products that do not contain petrochemicals. Many cosmetics and
other health and beauty aids contain petrochemicals. The danger of this is
their byproduct, 1,4-dioxane, a proven carcinogen. The U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency classifies dioxane as a probable
human carcinogen California state law has classified dioxane to cause
cancer. Animal studies in rats suggest that the greatest health risk is
associated with inhalation of vapors. Avoid the following ingredients:
Paraffin Wax
Mineral Oil
Toluene
Benzene
Phenoxyethanol
Anything
with PEG (polyethylene glycol)
Anything
ending in ‘eth’ indicates that it required ethylene oxide (a
petrochemical) to produce e.g. myreth, oleth, laureth, ceteareth
Anything
with DEA (diethanolamine) or MEA (ethanolamine)
Butanol and
any word with ‘butyl’ – butyl alcohol, butylparaben,butylene
glycol
Ethanol and
word with ‘ethyl’ – ethyl alcohol, ethylene
glycol, ethylene dichloride, EDTA (ethylene-diamine-tetracetatic
acid), ethylhexylglycerin
Any
word with “propyl” – isopropyl alcohol, propylene
glycol, propylalcohol, cocamidopropyl betaine
Methanol and
any word with ‘methyl’ – methyl alcohol, methylparaben,methylcellulose
Parfum or
fragrance – 95% of chemicals used in fragrance are from petroleum
Opt for
natural, biodegradable food grade cleaning products. According to the
website Natural Pure Organics, the average
household contains up to 25 gallons of toxic materials, most of which are in
cleaning products. When you use these cleaners, they linger in the air
and on the surfaces, increasing your exposure to carcinogens as you inhale the
toxins into your lungs or absorb them through your skin.
Avoid
artificial sweeteners. Aspartame, for example, is a known
carcinogen that breaks down into formaldehyde in the human body.
Refuse
vaccines. Many vaccines contain formaldehyde and mercury, both of which
are known carcinogens. By the age of two, if a child has received all of
the recommended vaccines, he or she has received 2,370 times the
“allowable safe limit” for mercury (if there is such a thing as a safe level of
poison). The HPV vaccine can actually increase the
risk of reproductive cancer. The polio vaccine most recently
came under fire for its cancer-causing ingredients.
Avoid tap
water. If you have municipal water, drink it at the risk of ingesting loads of toxins. First, there is
the willful addition of sodium fluoride, a pesticide which is labeled as
“deadly to humans.”
Not only has the consumption of fluoride been linked to
cancer, but it also lowers IQs, causes infertility, and causes hardening
of the arteries. Then there is the addition of chlorine, which is used to kill
bacteria that could make us sick. Unfortunately, according to Dr. Michael J. Plewa, a genetic
toxicology expert at the University of Illinois, chlorinated water is
carcinogenic. “Individuals who consume chlorinated drinking water have an
elevated risk of cancer of the bladder, stomach, pancreas, kidney and rectum as
well as Hodgkin’s and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.”
Maintain a
healthy body weight. Obesity has been linked to increased risks of cancers
of the esophagus, breast, endometrium, uterus, colon and rectum, kidney,
pancreas, thyroid, and gallbladder.
Exercise
daily.
The
mind boggling thing is that those who strictly avoiding carcinogens and toxins
are labelled “crazy” or “hysterical”. I can’t tell you how many
times I have watched people roll their eyes or scoff when I refuse to partake
in things that are hazardous. Somehow, drinking water from my own
BPA-free water bottle is considered to be “extreme”. Not taking my children to
McDonald’s or feeding them hot-dogs and Doritos is “mean”. Making our body care
products and cleaning products from wholesome, non-toxic ingredients is
“silly”.
I believe
that knowingly ingesting toxic ingredients is “crazy”. I believe that
rubbing carcinogens on my body or spraying them around my house is
“ridiculous”. I think that having poison injected into my defenseless
children or feeding it to them on a colorful plate is “mean”.
Never forget
that the bottom line is profit. Don’t expect the FDA or the EPA to step
in. They’ve proven time and again that their purpose is to serve the interests
of Big Business, not the consumers.
Cancer
represents big money to the pharmaceutical companies and the health industry.
They do NOT have a vested interest in prevention. So, maybe, just maybe,
subjecting your body to the tender mercies of Big Pharma and the AMA and
lining their already loaded pockets is just a little bit sillier than taking
steps to avoid illness altogether.
This article
is dedicated to some beloved people in my life, one of whom fought it and won
and the other who is fighting the good fight and will not go quietly… much love
to SD and JS, and all who are touched by this icy finger.
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