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Radiation (cont'd...)


Mammography: Avoid it, and you will prevent breast cancer. Why? Because:
  • Mammography is an obsolete technology from the 1950s;

  • Mammography does not save lives!

  • Mammography is dangerous. It exposes you to harmful (x-ray) radiation that causes breast cancer in women. (30) (31) (32) (33) (34) (35) (36)

  • Mammography imperils the breasts of women. And, despite "professional" assurances to the contrary, it initiates, causes, and promotes breast cancer in women.

  • Besides the extensively promoted mammography, you have many other, safer options. For example, blood tests for the prevention of breast cancer. Ask your naturopath (ND) about other, safer options for the prevention of breast cancer. (3) (4) (5)

  • You can't expect mammography to prevent your breast cancer. Because each 'rad' of exposure increases your risk of breast cancer by one percent, resulting in a cumulative 60 percent increase in breast cancer risk over 60 years of screening;

  • The practice of taking four films for each breast results in approx. 1,000-fold greater exposure, where 1 rad is focused on each breast rather than the entire chest. Thus, over a sixty-year period you're exposed to a total of approx. 60 rads of harmful radiation
    for each of your breasts!

Smoking

What causes breast cancer in women? One of the 13 things that appears to cause breast cancer in women is smoking.

Most of us don't even consider the possibility that smoking causes breast cancer in women. However, some scientific studies say that smoking is linked to breast cancer in women.

One study, published in Lancet, found a positive correlation (not cause and effect) between smoking and the risk of breast cancer. The risk of breast cancer was significantly larger in women who had been pregnant, and who started to smoke within five years of starting menstruation. And in nulliparous women who smoked 20 or more cigarettes per day, and had smoked for 20 or more cumulative pack-years. (28)

Another study, published in the Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention, reports a positive correlation (not cause and effect) between breast cancer risk and smoking. The researchers noted significant increases in odd ratios with the daily number of cigarettes smoked. (29)

Another study — the one that many consider the ultimate proof that smoking is bad for you — was published in 2004 in the British Medical Journal (BMJ). (37) ...More >>

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