Clean environment key to fight against cancer

IN 1900 the cancer rate was one in 80. Today the figure is an alarming one in three.

Clean environment key to fight against cancer
Tue, 17 Jan, 2006 - 00:00

This appalling statistic represents an epidemic of frightening proportions. What family has not been affected by cancer?

If this current statistic seems frightening, world renowned cancer expert Dr Samuel Epstein, chairman of the US-based Cancer Prevention Coalition, believes we are heading rapidly towards a future where cancer will become a universal phenomenon.

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