WHY IS CANCER RISING IN THE GULF STATES

Millions of Dollars are being spent on detecting, managing and treating cancer. Pharmaceutical companies are spending Billions of Dollars on research for new chemotherapeutic drugs to eradicate the disease. Pure genetic causes for cancer account for less than 10% of all cancers. Managing cancer after it started is driven by economical factors. Companies that make the latest imaging equipment or the most expensive drugs stand to benefit from people's suffering. Environmental factors play a higher role. What our pregnant mothers eat or put on their skin and hair can be carcinogenic for their children. Our cleaning supplies at home need to be evaluated in controlled studies. We poison the air we breath. It is time to put more money on prevention rather than waiting for people to fall sick and die from preventable causes. It is time for the Gulf states to devote more money towards research on environmental oncology to prevent cancer from starting.