IT'S THE FOOD YOU EAT, THE WATER YOU DRINK & THE AIR YOU BREATHE

The current statistics are approximately 40% of Canadians will get cancer at least once in their lifetimes. No longer can governments and other apologists suggest that it's smokers and drinkers who are the prime candidates. Yes they are right about one thing. Cancer is all about lifestyle. If you breathe air, drink water and eat food you are at risk of getting cancer. Saturday's Waterloo Region Record carried this story "Subway says "yoga mat chemical" will be out of bread soon". The chemical being used as a bleaching agent and dough conditioner is called azodicarbonamide. This chemical among other things is used in the production of yoga mats and is not approved in other parts of the world. Here in Canada it's all about corporate benefits and profits. If you can make better looking, faster products that don't cause immediate sickness then it's O.K.. Any serious health issues down the road will be handled by our health care system. Funny thing is I don't remember ever making that kind of agreement with anyone. I also don't remember ever being asked by politicians during election campaigns if those tradeoffs, namely short term profits versus later sickness, were acceptable. Only in Canada you say?