Denver, CO

So what are we talking about here? (Read the below blog if you haven’t already) Cancer hasn’t always been around as a major cause of death or a major health concern. It used to be we were just worried about chicken pox, small pox, the plague, etc., all diseases brought about by an outside agent of infection: virus. Fleas on rats spread the plague throughout Europe.
The question becomes then, how do we become affected with cancer? As explained in previous blogs, cancer develops from a number of internal and external factors. The environment. Is it possible that the environment industry has created is contributing to cancer? You better believe it.
But what about other consumer products in and of our environment? If a bottled water company can look at it’s materials, materials that are also used in other businesses and products as well, and recognize they may be putting the very customers they seek to provide for at risk of cancer, then what are the other businesses and corporations doing to ensure consumer safety? Are there other products that may have unsafe chemicals and compounds?
I’m no expert in this matter and I do not pretend to be. I am merely doing my part a concerned citizen blogger to keep Denverites informed. The above is really the extent of my knowledge on this topic. I do, however, know enough to seek experts on topics that concern me. One expert source I recently read through and learned much from is the book Cradle to Cradle by William McDonough and Michael Braungart. This book provides instruction and examples of reformulating industrial processes to be safe for workers and consumers. Examples include water entering factories for production use and leaving the factory cleaner and more pure than it went in, as opposed to dumping tons of polluted water as is customary in industry production cycles. This book talks about the everyday products we rely on: computers, children’s play toys, that contain lead and other such harmful components that we don’t need to rely on for technology and other products; there are viable, even cheaper alternatives.
I strongly encourage you to pick up and read this book, as well as The Secret History of the War on Cancer by Devra Lee Davis. Be informed about this and other issues that matter too you. Information is power.

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