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Combating an Epidemic: Increasing Environmental Quality

By REBECCA CROSS

In 2017, data collected by the National Center for Health Statistics demonstrated 1,688,780 new cases of cancer and 600,920 deaths in the United States due to cancer, according to The Cancer Journal for Clinicians. 

 

Almost every individual is aware of someone who has been plagued by cancer and connected to the heartbreak involved. Therefore, scientists and researchers consider the solution to the cancer epidemic prominent as The Cancer Journal for Clinicians asserts, “Cancer is a major public health problem worldwide and is the second leading cause of death in the United States.”

 

A majority passionately seek to exterminate the existence of cancer annually. While many medical recommendations have been suggested and reported, many ponder the perpetuation of the malignant growth. It can be assumed that cancer is caused by a variety of factors such as: genetics; certain habitual routines; and prominently--the environment in which we live.

 

Focusing on ways to conserve the environment can lead to positive impacts on many communities. According to the Association of Green Property Owners and Managers, “The use of toxin-free building materials and green ventilation systems minimize potential health risks of cancer, asthma and other ailments.” 

 

Thus, the environment has proven to have a direct effect on the health of humans as scientists have introduced the impacts of second-hand smoke. It is necessary that improvements in air and water quality take precedence when discussing ways to combat cancer.

 

It is clear that cancer is caused by many factors. Thus, encouraging factories and businesses to conserve the environment instead of contributing to poor air and water quality will only benefit the population in the fight to end the abhorrent disease.


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Works Cited 

Association of Green Property Owners & Managers. “Benefits of Going Green.” AGPOM, www.agpom.org/greenpropertyresources/green-resources/benefits-of-going-green/. Accessed 27 Feb. 2018.

Siegel, MPH, Rebecca L., et al. “Cancer Statistics, 2017.” Wiley Online Library, CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, 5 Jan. 2017, onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.3322/caac.21387/pdf. Accessed 27 Feb. 2018.

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