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To subscribe, E-mail the words . . The great strides made in understanding the disease still pale in comparison to the problem. It is disturbing that since 1971 the overall incidence of cancer has increased 18 percent, and the mortality rate has grown by 7 percent. Throughout its report, the NCAB makes reference to industrial chemicals, environmental chemicals that mimic hormones, and pesticides, as suspected causes of cancer. Until now, the National Cancer Institute has taken the official position that chemicals cause such a small percentage of cancers that they are not worth investigating.