TAILIEUCHUNG - Misconceptions About Environmental Pollution, Pesticides and the Causes of Cancer

Quirra is a small village located in the south-eastern part of the Italian Sardinia Island (Sardegna), in the centre of the Mediterranean Sea. It is close to the sea shores (Capo San Lorenzo), and surrounded by other small villages like Perdasdefogu and Escalaplano. In that area, it is located the biggest military polygon of Italy and Europe, the "Poligono sperimentale di addestramento interforze del Salto Quirra" (“Salto di Quirra Polygon” and firing range). It is an experimental polygon for ballistic missiles, and a training base, in charge to the Italian Aeronautics Armed Forces, and at disposition of NATO. The area. | Misconceptions About Environmental Pollution Pesticides and the Causes of Cancer By Bruce N. Ames and Lois Swirsky Gold NCPA Policy Report No. 214 March 1998 ISBN 1-56808-034-4 National Center for Policy Analysis 12655 N. Central Expwy. Suite 720 Dallas Texas 75243 972 386-6272 Executive Summary 1. The major causes of cancer are a Smoking About a third of . cancer 90 percent of lung cancer b Dietary imbalances . lack of dietary fruits and vegetables The quarter of the population eating the least fruits and vegetables has double the cancer rate for most types of cancer compared to the quarter eating the most c Chronic infections mostly in developing countries and d Hormonal factors primarily influenced by life style. 2. There is no epidemic of cancer except for lung cancer due to smoking. Cancer mortality rates have declined 16 percent since 1950 excluding lung cancer . 3. Regulatory policy that focuses on traces of synthetic chemicals is based on misconceptions about animal cancer tests. Recent research indicates that a Rodent carcinogens are not rare. Half of all chemicals tested in standard high dose animal cancer tests whether occurring naturally or produced synthetically are carcinogens b There are high-dose effects in rodent cancer tests that are not relevant to low-dose human expo- sures and that contribute to the high proportion of chemicals that test positive c The focus of regulatory policy is on synthetic chemicals although percent of the chemicals humans ingest are natural. More than 1 000 chemicals have been described in coffee 28 have been tested and 19 are rodent carcinogens. Plants in the human diet contain thousands of natural pesticides that protect them from insects and other predators 63 have been tested and 35 are rodent carcinogens. 4. There is no convincing evidence that synthetic chemical pollutants are important for human cancer. Regulations that try to eliminate minuscule levels of synthetic chemicals are enormously expensive The

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