Name: CHAN, Sin Fong
Subject: Breast Cancer
Visit Time: 7/11/2006 5:04 PM
Remark:
On 25/10/2006, Dr Helen Zorbas, National Breast Cancer Centre commented on 7.30 Reports about "Breast cancer rates on the way up ", that "… having a doubling of increase in incidence between 1983 and today and looking forward to 2011 and saying that that's going to be a trebling of incidents is concerning."
What is doubled - the number of detection in absolute numbers, per female population, or female of certain age group? Don't forget that more females go for mammograms these days; and as the population grow older, more females turn 50 and over, and they are entitled to free mammograms. In short, is the increase significant enough to cause public hysteria when 2011 comes about?
I am not a medical doctor or scientist. However, I take keen interests in cancer, and particularly breast cancer. Rick Kefford discarded the myths about breast cancer being caused by underarm deodorant, or wearing a bra. There are other so called myths like drinking too much milk, a blow or injury to the breast, having silicon breast transplant, or even having a mammogram.
A lot of people are concerned about what they eat; making sure that food is low fat, low carb, no preservatives, no artificial flavouring, no chemicals etc. A lot more people talk about clean air, clean water, no fluoridation in water and no GM agricultural products. I would like to know whether people know what is in their vitamin pills, vitamin supplements, toothpaste, mouthwash, lip gloss and lipsticks. Why do I mention these items? These are ingested, used or applied to area, namely the lips, where the saliva will dissolve them and eventually ingested.
Mark Bannerman commented that "… researchers have begun mapping the disease. What they found is that breast cancer is more prevalent if you live in a major city, numbers are higher in affluent suburbs too". In a more affluent society, people tend to be better presented in term of appearance, and as a result, the females are likely to use more cosmetics, including lipsticks. Every time a lipstick user drinks liquid or wet her lips by her tongue, she unintentionally dissolves the chemical of the lipstick, which finds its way to the blood stream.
Statistically, there are 2% of men suffering from breast cancer. Men in certain profession do use cosmetics and lipsticks. More and more people also use lipgloss on hot days.
If chemotherapy is the use of drugs to kill cancer cells, then it is very likely that there are chemicals that can trigger or promote the growth of cancer cells. If certain contraceptive pills, alias chemicals, can cause deformity of foetus, there must be chemicals that can cause deformity of cells - or put it bluntly, turn them into cancer cells!
Cigarette was once believed to be harmless, but what has happened to the unfortunate smokers who have signed their own death warrant? Is lipstick / cosmetic the curse of the century for the women? I hope I have not opened the Pandora box.
What is doubled - the number of detection in absolute numbers, per female population, or female of certain age group? Don't forget that more females go for mammograms these days; and as the population grow older, more females turn 50 and over, and they are entitled to free mammograms. In short, is the increase significant enough to cause public hysteria when 2011 comes about?
I am not a medical doctor or scientist. However, I take keen interests in cancer, and particularly breast cancer. Rick Kefford discarded the myths about breast cancer being caused by underarm deodorant, or wearing a bra. There are other so called myths like drinking too much milk, a blow or injury to the breast, having silicon breast transplant, or even having a mammogram.
A lot of people are concerned about what they eat; making sure that food is low fat, low carb, no preservatives, no artificial flavouring, no chemicals etc. A lot more people talk about clean air, clean water, no fluoridation in water and no GM agricultural products. I would like to know whether people know what is in their vitamin pills, vitamin supplements, toothpaste, mouthwash, lip gloss and lipsticks. Why do I mention these items? These are ingested, used or applied to area, namely the lips, where the saliva will dissolve them and eventually ingested.
Mark Bannerman commented that "… researchers have begun mapping the disease. What they found is that breast cancer is more prevalent if you live in a major city, numbers are higher in affluent suburbs too". In a more affluent society, people tend to be better presented in term of appearance, and as a result, the females are likely to use more cosmetics, including lipsticks. Every time a lipstick user drinks liquid or wet her lips by her tongue, she unintentionally dissolves the chemical of the lipstick, which finds its way to the blood stream.
Statistically, there are 2% of men suffering from breast cancer. Men in certain profession do use cosmetics and lipsticks. More and more people also use lipgloss on hot days.
If chemotherapy is the use of drugs to kill cancer cells, then it is very likely that there are chemicals that can trigger or promote the growth of cancer cells. If certain contraceptive pills, alias chemicals, can cause deformity of foetus, there must be chemicals that can cause deformity of cells - or put it bluntly, turn them into cancer cells!
Cigarette was once believed to be harmless, but what has happened to the unfortunate smokers who have signed their own death warrant? Is lipstick / cosmetic the curse of the century for the women? I hope I have not opened the Pandora box.
