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Number of words: 85<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Epstein is an outspoken critic of cancer organizations\u2019 focus on cancer drugs rather than prevention. \u201cThe National Cancer institute’s budget has increased from 200 million in 1971 to 4.6 billion today,\u201d he said. \u201cParalleling\u00a0this increase is the increasing incidence of nonsmoking cancers. Very little money is spent on preventing cancer. The overwhelming emphasis of the National Cancer Institute is producing miracle drugs that possibly increase life expectancy by a month or two\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Excerpted from page 157 of \u2018Death by Supermarket\u2019 by Nancy Deville<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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