My heart goes out to all of those who have struggled with reclaiming their body from cancer. I have seen the stress, anxiety and heart ache within my own family. It is perhaps one of the scariest diagonises that a person could ever hear. Because of this, it is with great hope that Americans raise millions of dollars each year through walks, fundraisers and donation campaigns. We feel good about ourselves as we willingly spend a few extra dollars on every day products like pink postage stamps, pink egg slicers and pink scotch tape dispensers. But where does the money go? How is it spent?
I smile each October as I sponsor a friend for her yearly breast cancer walk, but on the inside I’m burning up. I want to be supportive of her cause, sympathetic to all she has been through. However, I find irony in the fact that Americans are donating money to find chemical cures for cancer that pharma will later patent and sell back to us to make billions.
Click this link to watch a movie trailer for a new realease which is sure to uncover the business of cancer. With such a money making machine, I have to wonder if we will ever find the cure for cancer. Perhaps the real cure isn’t in powerful chemicals, radiation or surgery. Just maybe prevention is where it is at. So please multi-national corporations, don’t sell me your products containing cancer causing chemicals marked with a pink ribbon, telling me that a percentage of my purchase is given to cancer research. Instead, make me a skin cream or dish cleaning detergent that won’t cause me to get cancer too.