CHEM 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Chimney Sweep, Percivall Pott, French Fries

• School: McGill University
• Department: Chemistry
• Course: CHEM 110
• Professor: Joe Schwarcz

Document Summary

Causes of cancer: 30-35% diet and obesity, 23-30 % tobacco, 15-20% infection, 10% radiation, 3-5% pollution, 3-5 % alcohol/sexual, 5-10% genetics. Word cancer comes from latin word: crab, tumors looked like crabs. More than half a million people in the us die of cancer every year- 1500 americans per day. Trends : childhood cancer rising, may have to do with diet and environment. Breast cancer: rates decreasing, estrogen supplements for menopause = curbed, caused increase in breast cancer- removed from market. About 30-40% of cancers in the world can be prevented by paying attention to certain environmental facts, mostly diet: five or more servings of fruit a day lowered the risk of prostate cancer by 50% Lemons: 10,000 x stronger than chemo, mistranslation from a document written in spanish, talking about graviolo/soursop- tropical fruit. Potatoes: protect against cancer and keep you slim, potato juice: claims that it cures cancer, not proven.