Why so many cancer victims?

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Why so many cancer victims?
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Tue, 07-07-2009 - 1:20pm

I'm sure there are those of you who read several weeks ago about the pro golfer, Phil Mickelson, and the sad fact that his beloved wife Amy had breast cancer. She recently had a very promising surgery procedure that hopefully will be a success, and she can live a long, healthy life.


It was just announced yesterday that Phil's mom has also been diagnosed with breast cancer, and is in the same hospital that Amy was in during her ordeal.


Why are there so many cases of breast cancer in women? Is this something that has been going on for decades but wasn't publicized as it is now, or due to more recent causes?


I will pray for the Mickelson family, and hope his mother has a speedy recovery. I know so many women, both young and old, who have had to undergo surgery and treatments for this most dreaded disease.


mwm

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Registered: 07-20-2004
Thu, 07-16-2009 - 8:23am
For your kitchen table, counter tops,etc, you are supposed to use a paper towell and anti bacterial spray, or that clorex spray. Not a wash cloth used over and over.
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Registered: 03-03-2009
Thu, 07-16-2009 - 12:34pm

I use a washcloth over and over though it gets washed out often with dishwashing liquid or a gel bleach and hot water. Paper towels don't hold up well with anything but water in them and aren't very environmentally friendly, nor are those cannisters of anti-bacterial wipes an ecologically sound choice. Good old soap and hot water works pretty well on most surfaces. I typically get out a clean washcloth every day or two. The dirty ones get machine washed in oxygen bleach, detergent, and hot water; then hung on the line to dry in the UV abundant light of high desert.

Vinegar is another good cleaner which, unlike bleach, won't damage susceptible surfaces such as wood. It's acidic and most bacteria don't thrive in a low PH environment (though there are some acid resistant bacteria like h. pylori which causes stomach ulcers).

I wash my plastic cutting boards in the dishwasher with a sani-wash and high temp rinse. Surfaces which have been exposed to raw meat get a soppy, NOT soapy, bleach wipedown (I use a paper towel in such cases and throw it away afterwards) followed by a thorough wiping with a washcloth wrung out in hot water.

One bit of information regarding chlorine bleach as a sanitizing agent. Engineers are finding that PVC piping (which is used as waste piping in most newer houses, as opposed to the cast iron used in older homes) is eventually breaking down over the course of years, through exposure to chlorine components. Use chlorine bleach judiciously.

Jabberwocka

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Registered: 03-23-2003
Thu, 07-16-2009 - 1:28pm

EEEEWWW!


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Registered: 07-20-2004
Thu, 07-16-2009 - 2:10pm
I have several cutting boards, I use one for meat, and one for veggies. I also put them in the dishwasher to be cleaned.
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Registered: 03-23-2003
Fri, 07-17-2009 - 12:59pm

Me too.



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