Yet the paper reported that this is one of the most politically sensitive issues in the current administration in Washington. There are 13 million Americans now living in places, the largest being Albuquerque, N.M., where the drinking water contains levels of arsenic in excess of the new rules. Increased risk of developing cancer from our drinking water or from anything that humans keep in our environment because of political interests or squabbling is not acceptable. We need to tell those in political office that human life is more important than any politics or economic interests that keep carcinogens in our midst. Cancer must go.
Cancer can go.
We have within us and in this world the gifts that God has entrusted to us to make it go. It comes down to a question of always placing human life first. It comes down as well to our willingness to face the reality of the possibility of cancer in our personal lives and in the lives of our loved ones. It comes down, too, to our choices for healthy personal lives and for creating a world that fosters healthy lives for everyone. It comes down to our being responsible for the gift of life in ourselves and in each other through our willingness to actively support cancer research and to say no to all, in personal behavior and habits, in the environment and even in politics that keeps cancer in our lives.