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From: Patrick Douglas Crispen
Subject: TOURBUS -- 3 JUNE 1999 -- BREAST CANCER HOAX / FIREFIGHTERS
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Cancer-Causing Anti-Perspirant?
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You have probably seen the email currently circulating around the
Net warning that
The leading cause of breast cancer is the use of antiperspirant.
Yes, ANTIPERSPIRANT. Most of the products out there are an
antiperspirant/deodorant combination, so go home and check your
labels. Deodorant is fine, antiperspirant is not.
The email goes on to state that
The [body's] toxins are purged in the form of perspiration.
Antiperspirant, as the name clearly indicates, prevents the body
from perspiring, thereby inhibiting it from purging toxins from
below the armpits. These toxins do not just magically disappear.
Instead, the body deposits them in the lymph nodes below the arms
since it cannot sweat them out. This causes a high concentration
of toxins and leads to cell mutations: a.k.a. CANCER.
Frightening, isn't it? Fortunately, you can breathe (and sweat) easy:
this story is completely and totally false. According to Dr. Mervyn
Elgart, clinical professor of dermatology at George Washington
University,
there isn't a danger of building up toxins if you use
antiperspirants. "If you don't sweat enough, the toxic stuff
will basically come out the kidney, meaning you pee it out," he
says. The e-mail's explanation is, to Elgart, "a bunch of crap."
[quote Salon Magazine -- see below for the URL]
So should you fear your roll-on? Don't be silly. According to the
American Cancer Society,
There have been many extremely thorough epidemiological studies
of breast cancer risk and they have not found anti-perspirant use
to be a risk factor for breast cancer, much less the "leading
cause" of the disease.
The nice folks at the American Cancer Society recently released an in-
depth article that debunks, point-by-point, the claims made in the
breast cancer hoax letter. You can find that article at
http://www2.cancer.org/zine/dsp_SecondaryStories.cfm?archiveLink=001_0521199
9_0
If that URL is too long for you, just go to
http://www2.cancer.org/zine/index.cfm
and search for the word "anti-perspirant" (but make sure you spell
'perspirant' correctly). That will take you straight to the American
Cancer Society's article on this hoax.
Salon Magazine also published a wonderful article on this hoax titled
"No Sweat." You can find that article at
http://www.salon.com/health/log/1999/05/25/anti_perspirant/index.html .
Even though the story floating around the Net right now is a hoax,
breast cancer isn't. It is the second leading cause of cancer death
in women, after lung cancer. The American Cancer Society estimates
that there will be about 175,000 new cases of invasive breast cancer
this year among women in the United States and about 43,300 deaths
from the disease. According to Debbie Saslow, PhD, director of breast
and cervical cancer for the American Cancer Society,
the 'leading' risk factors for breast cancer are things that
women cannot do anything about: being a woman, aging, and having
a personal or family history of breast cancer.
The most effective action women can take to protect themselves is
to get yearly mammograms beginning at age 40. Although this
won't prevent breast cancer, it will give women the best chance
of detecting it early when it is easiest to treat
For more information about breast cancer, including strategies for
prevention and the latest treatment options, visit the American Cancer
Society's free Breast Cancer Resource Center at
http://www3.cancer.org/cancerinfo/res_home.asp?ct=5 .
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National Firefighter's Recipe Book
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As long as we are talking about good organizations like the American
Cancer Society, let me put in a quick plug for another organization:
the Phoenix Society for Burn Survivors. The Phoenix Society is a
national nonprofit organization dedicated solely to helping people
injured or disfigured by burns return to a normal life. The society
operates a toll-free hotline for burn survivors (800-888-BURN), and
you can find out more about the society at
http://www.firealert.com/phoenix.htm .
Oddly enough, I found out about the Phoenix Society in a book that I
recently received titled "The National Firefighters Recipe Book." The
book is a collection of recipes from firefighters from around the
United States, and a portion of the profits from each edition is
donated to the Phoenix Society.
It is actually a rather good cookbook. [Here in the states, most
metropolitan firefighters live in firehouses during their shifts. The
men -- and women -- in these firehouses have to cook for themselves,
and many firefighters have become excellent chefs.] The authors of
the National Firefighters Recipe Book collected over 200 pages of the
best recipes from firehouses in every state in the US. Best of all,
since firefighters are civil servants and are woefully underpaid, most
of the recipes in the cookbook are CHEAP to prepare! In other words,
this is a cookbook for average people.
I only have one complaint. To add levity to the book, the authors
added a section at the end titled "firefighter terminology."
Unfortunately, firefighters rank slightly behind longshoremen in the
use of "colorful" language, and some of the firefighter terminology
may offend you. I would strongly suggest removing pages 236-241
before you allow your children to see the cookbook.
Still, if you are interested in ordering a copy of the cookbook (and,
at the same time, helping the Phoenix Society), you can purchase a
copy of the National Firefighters Recipe Book for US$15.00 (plus $3.00
shipping and handling) from
All Hands Publications
2640 East Virginia Ave.
Phoenix AZ 85008
You can also order the book from most online bookstores (just search for ISBN
0963535609).
TODAY'S TOURBUS STOP(S):
BREAST CANCER HOAX / FIREFIGHTERS COOKBOOK
TODAY'S TOURBUS ADDRESSES:
DOH! THEY WON'T FIT ON THIS LINE (THEY'RE TOO LONG!)
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TODAY'S SOUTHERN WORD OF THE WEEK
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WHALE (Noun). A pit that contains water.
Usage: "Bubba, fetch me a bucket of water from the whale."
[Special thanks to John Grosh for today's wurd]
You can find all of the old Southern Words of the day at
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