The Secret History of the War on Cancer by Devra Davis

Before I opened the first page, I had an inkling of what had occurred, but Dr. With each page, I become more incensed - at the doctors, the ACS, the chemical companies, and the government. “Davis writes with passion, driven by the conviction that premature deaths among her family members resulted from exposure to industrial toxins….Davis presents a powerful call to action recommended.” - Library Journal But she notes that, unfortunately, it’s simply not happening fast enough….One can hope, however, that Davis’s book will assure that proper attention is paid.” - Kirkus Reviews “rim but fascinating reading….Davis proposes a kind of truth-and-reconciliation approach to get industry and public-health experts mutually involved. Tens of billions of dollars are being thrown into crusades against these killers, with the so-called ‘war on cancer’ capturing the lion’s…” - Washington Post The focus now has shifted to the chronic maladies of aging - cancer, heart disease and stroke.

“In 1900, infectious diseases were the leading cause of death in the United States in our current age of pasteurized milk and purified water, this is no longer the case. As a Lead Author of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, she was a member of the team awarded the Nobel Peace Prize along with honorable Al Gore.Ĭlick here to watch video of Devra Davis talking about her book The Secret History of the War on Cancer on C-SPAN Davis also was Founding Director, at the Center for Environmental Oncology, University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute. This has been no accident.ĭevra Davis was founding Director Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences and Scholar in Residence (1983-1993,and has written more than 220 technical publications, 11 edited monographs, 3 popular books. The result is appalling: over 10 million preventable cancer deaths over the past thirty years. Overlooked and suppressed was any consideration of how the world in which we live and work affects whether we get cancer. Conceived in explicitly military terms, the effort has focused on defeating an enemy by detecting, treating, and curing disease. Devra Davis shows, decade by decade, how the campaign has targeted the disease and left off the table the things that cause it-tobacco, alcohol, the workplace, and other environmental hazards. The Secret History of the War on Cancer by Dr.

Devra Davisįor much of its history, the cancer war has been fighting the wrong battles, with the wrong weapons, against the wrong enemies.

The Secret History of the War on Cancer by Devra Davis