| The Secret History of the War on Cancer Contributor(s): Davis, Devra Lee (Author) |
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ISBN: 0465015689 ISBN-13: 9780465015689 Publisher: Basic Books OUR PRICE: $29.69 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2009 Annotation: From the National Book Award finalist and author of "When Smoke Ran Like Water" comes this searing, haunting, and deeply personal account of how a major public health effort was diverted and distorted for private gain. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Medical | History - Medical | Oncology - General |
| Dewey: 362.196 |
| Physical Information: 1.3" H x 6.1" W x 9" (1.80 lbs) 560 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Why has the War on Cancer languished, focusing mainly on finding and treating the disease and downplaying the need to control and combat cancer's basic causes -- tobacco, the workplace, radiation, and the general environment? This war has targeted the wrong enemies with the wrong weapons, failing to address well-known cancer causes. As epidemiologist Devra Davis shows in this superbly researched expose, this is no accident. The War on Cancer has followed the commercial interests of industries that generated a host of cancer-causing materials and products. This is the gripping story of a major public health effort diverted and distorted for private gain that is being reclaimed through efforts to green health care and the environment. |
