Zeneca has been actively buying up cancer clinics around the country. There is never any mention that environmental risk factors may induce or promote breast tumors. These risk factors may simply make breast tissue more vulnerable to developing cancer when exposed to environmental carcinogens. For those who believe that cancer has indeed become big business it is easy to understand why there is so little media coverage of the connection between environmental toxic exposures, genetic damage, and increasing incidence of most cancers. The chemical and pharmaceutical industries are part of the multinational corporations who own major stock in newspapers and TV networks.
Breast cancer seems to be associated with a lifetime accumulation of estrogen.
Dr. John Lee, proponent of natural progesterone, reminds us that estrogen tells the cells to replicate, make more cells. This leads to uncontrolled cell proliferation - cancer. Contaminated water, air, soil and food further impede our ability to stay well. Whole classes of pesticides contain estrogen mimicking chemicals which are lipid soluble and are stored in fatty tissue. The body is unable to process or rid itself of these synthetic chemicals, and they accumulate over time.