title: Legislative proposals for reversing the cancer epidemic and controlling run-away industrial technologies.
abstract: An interlocking legislative complex is proposed for the control of carcinogenic and other adverse impacts of established run-away petrochemical and radionuclear technologies, with particular reference to winning the losing war against cancer. These proposals are also applicable to the poorly recognized, potentially adverse public health and environmental hazards of emerging technologies, particularly genetically engineered food production. The proposals embody fundamental democratic rights--the right to know and balanced and transparent decision making--the "Precautionary Principle," reduction in the use of toxics, incentives for the development of safe industrial technologies, and criminal sanctions for suppression or manipulation of information.
authors.affiliation: University of Illinois at Chicago, School of Public Health, IL 60612-7260, USA.
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Epstein
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002273:Carcinogens / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002648:Child; D003257:Consumer Product Safety / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D004782:Environmental Health / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007221:Industry / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011050:Policy Making; D013672:Technology; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D002273:Carcinogens