Two things about
Dana Reeve's death. First, it seems the media is assuming that
lung cancer killed her. But it may have been the chemotherapy.
Depending on what she was taking, her heart may have been compromised
or all her organs may have shut down at once. We forget that chemo is
almost as bad as the cancer.
Secondly, this whole thing about
her being a non-smoker with none of the risk factors for lung cancer
just means they weren't looking in the right place. For the
umpteenth time let me remind everyone that SV40, the monkey virus that
causes a virulent lung cancer has continued to contaminate batches of
polio vaccine since the first shots were given back in the fifties. If
she has been immunized against polio, and the chances of that are
probably close to 100 percent, she was at risk for lung cancer from the
SV40. She was also at risk for brain cancer and kidney cancer.
Okay a couple of more things: Don't forget RADON, the odorless gas that seeps into houses. And causes lung cancer.
This morning on TV a lung doc was talking about the possibility that estrogen may
play a part in lung cancer among non smoking women under fifty. Does that mean more worries for women taking birth control
pills?
I'd say yes.
3 comments:
I remembered when you blogged about this. Let me ask you.....how does one know if they received a bad batch of polio vaccine? Do we wait until we get lung cancer? How do I know if I received it? Anne
Most of the bad batches were sent to major metro areas. There are those who think it is still contaminating the current vaccine. I was surprised by that. The virus can be sexuallly transmitted too. SV40 shows up in the cancer tumors. I'm sure a blood test would pick it up, like hepatitis, HIV, or herpes, but they're only checking tumors that I know of. Mrs. L
Just another example of closing the barn door after horse gets out. By the time any of the drug companies or the CDC gets around to actually publicizing risks, you can bet someone has slipped some legislation though the cracks to prevent lawsuits or compensation.
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