A Guide to the President's Cancer Panel Recommendations

What Can You Do to Protect Yourself and Your Family?

This just released authoritative report -- "Reducing Environmental Cancer Risk: What Can We Do Now" -- states that exposure to environmental chemicals is giving rise to more and more cancers than we ever imagined.

Most newly diagnosed patients have no family history of cancer. This means the environment is poisoning our cells, overwhelming our natural defense systems and breaking down our DNA. When DNA, the intelligent blueprint of our cells, is damaged, cells go out of control. Cancer is the result of this damage.

This new publication is an exhaustive study covering multiple sources of exposures found in:

➢ Home and garden
➢ Air and water
➢ Technology such as cell phones
➢ Medicines and medical devices
➢ Schools and public buildings
➢ Agriculture and food production
➢ Industry and manufacturing
➢ Armed forces, military bases and the battlefield

The National Cancer Institute and the President's Cancer Panel makes some excellent recommendations for Individuals:

Protect Children
Recognize that children are more susceptible than adults, Minimize children's exposures starting from conception, pregnancy, nursing, birth and early life when risk is greatest. Choose foods, house and garden products, toys, medicines, medical tests that minimize children's exposure to toxins.

• Reduce Chemical Exposures

• Remove your shoes before entering your home

• Wash work clothes separately from other family laundry

• Filter your home drinking water or well water

• Store and cook water and food in chemically safe containers such as stainless steel, glass or BPA and Pthalate-free containers

• Reduce exposure to pesticides and herbicides by choosing organic food.

• Eat foods that are chemical free, hormone free, antibiotic free, preservative free

• Educate yourself about household chemicals by consulting the Household Products Database or the Environmental Working Group

• Properly dispose of pharmaceuticals, household chemicals, paints, electronics and other materials that contaminate soil and water.

• Reduce Radiation Exposures

• Turn off lights and electrical devices when not in use to reduce exposure to petroleum by products. (Reducing our need for electricity reduces our dependence on fossil fuels)

• Drive a fuel efficient car. Walk or bike when possible.

• Reduce exposure to second hand tobacco smoke. Stop smoking.

• Reduce exposure to electromagnetic energy by wearing a headset when using a cell phone. Text instead of call. Keep calls brief.

• Check home radon levels. Conduct radon tests before purchasing a home.

• Reduce exposure to radiation from medical sources by discussing the need for medical tests with your care providers. Keep a record of all Nuclear medical tests you have received over the course of your life.

• Avoid overexposure to ultraviolet light by wearing protective clothing, sunscreen and sunglasses. Avoid midday sun exposure.

• Become An Advocate

• Become a voice in your own community.

• Individuals can effect public policy and influence industry.

• As consumers we can choose non-toxic products and technologies, write letters to your representatives and manufacturers demanding safer standards and safer products.

• Contact news media to draw attention to a problem.

• Support research and environmental groups.

I will expand on each of these areas in greater depth and detail to provide you with more information and research and additional sources of information on my blog: doctornalini.com.

Dr Chilkov has been recognized as a go to clinician in Suzanne Somers' book "Knockout: Interviews with Doctors Who Are Curing Cancer--And How to Prevent Getting It in the First Place.

She also serves on the Scientific Advisory Board of the Mederi Foundation, which serves to promote a holistic, integrative approach to healing through education and clinical research programs with an emphasis on providing primary healthcare to those with cancer and chronic illnesses.

 

 

 

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Comments

[sportsgamer]

06:39 AM on 05/19/2010

I believe that you have left out the most overlooked cancer cause of them all---toxic chemicals in FOOD.

[Nalini Chilkov]

01:32 AM on 05/20/2010

Here are the items on the list that refer to being mindful about food contaminants
Store and cook water and food in chemically safe containers such as stainless steel, glass or BPA and Pthalate-free containers
Reduce exposure to pesticides and herbicides by choosing organic food.
Eat foods that are chemical free, hormone free, antibiotic free, preservative free

[Conk]

10:49 AM on 05/18/2010

Wow, some common sense. Thanks.

[MamoGra]

02:08 AM on 05/18/2010

The report contains a wealth of information that we deserve to know. MSM barely coverd it (because they are funded by Big Pharm??) Thankfully we have the web now to inform us. Knowledge is power only IF we use it. The Panel also said this: "Each person can become an active voice in his or her own community. To a greater extent than many realize, individuals have the power to affect public policy by letting policymakers know that they strongly support environmental cancer research"
If you believe we deserve CHANGE we can LIVE with, PLEASE sign this petition compelling President Obama to implement the Panel's recommendations. 1 million signatures WILL matter! Put your signature where your heart is; sign for someone you love.
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/3/presidents-cancer-panel

[Leslie Goldberg]

07:20 PM on 05/17/2010

Wow, I'm glad to get this information. I hadn't thought of limiting toxic exposure by taking off shoes. The Japanese have gotten a lot of things right.

[RMankovitz]

02:37 PM on 05/17/2010

The following include references from my books "The Wellness Project" and "Nature's Detox Plan."

There is no doubt in my mind that environmental toxins are a major cause of illness. Many of the suggestions in this area relate to toxin avoidance by modifying one's lifestyle, and I have written extensively on this subject. However, the other area of concern is the removal of toxins already in the body.

Fortunately, nature has evolved a variety of detox protocols that we can employ toward toxin removal. Natural toxin excretion pathways that are critical to detox are urination, defecation, breathing and sweating. Sweating has repeatedly been shown to facilitate removal of a variety of toxins, and access to a sauna can make it an enjoyable experience.

There are several other natural detox protocols that involve the use of soil components, and our ancestors and other mammals have used them over time. Emotional detoxification is also an important area and, remarkably, has been shown to improve physical detoxification pathways.

The author of this article presents a good list for protection against toxins, but I would caution regarding two of them, particularly in connection with cancer.

The use of stainless steel in connection with food and liquids is problematic, since it has been determined that it leaches hexavalent chromium, a carcinogen.

The use of sunscreens is problematic since many contain toxic ingredients and block the formation of Vitamin D, a potent cancer suppressor.

Roy Mankovitz, Director
http://www.MontecitoWellness.com

[Nalini Chilkov]

07:48 PM on 05/17/2010

Thank you for your valuable input.

This list of recommendations comes from the Presidents Cancer Panel "Environmental Cancer Risks"
I think it is finally time support be given to the well known connection between Cancer and the toxic environment. A government publication would not be making recommendations for naturopathic treatments to the general public (unfortunately). However, there are many knowledgeable clinicians like you and I who can help individuals assess their risks, their body burden of toxins and the appropriate measures and protocols to detoxify the body safely. There are safe non toxic sunscreens on the market. Like other "cosmetics" the consumer must be aware of the ingredients in products both ingested and used topically. I like California Baby for a very safe non toxic sunscreen product.
Individuals have to start some where. I think this government publication will cause many people who have never pondered these exposures to start looking at their home environment and their choices.