ABSTRACT
Cancer is an unquestionably serious public health problem in the United States today. Most interestingly, only one form of cancer death has increased significantly for all Americans: lung cancer. The suspicion over artificial chemicals and complacency over natural ones is silly but seems to be a basis for cancer-chemical phobia. The anxiety, the fear of cancer and its relationship to the environment may be peaking. But misinformation on cancer still abounds. When Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) passes carcinogen standards requiring strict regulation of any occupational chemicals that might cause cancer in laboratory animals, this does not prevent human cancer. That goal could be accomplished effectively and efficiently by giving individual attention to known carcinogens. If a chemical or processing technique, or any other aspect of our environment, threatens our health, we would all be in favor of restricting or curtailing its use.
