European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 13, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 18 the stars and stripes tuesday september 13, 1977 Moden by Michael j. Halberstam  members of Ray profession predict that 90 per cent of All cancers can be prevented because they have environmental causes. This theory is based on epidemiological Evi Dence that different cancers occur at different rates in different communities throughout the world. For example cancer of the oesophagus is 300times More common in Iran than in Nigeria and is increasing among the Black populations of South Africa and the United states. Stom Ach cancer is 25 times As common in Japan Asin Uganda while it is decreasing in the . Cancer studies show where but not Why lung cancer is rising in All developed coun tries. I disagree with this theory since it discount the possibility of hereditary susceptibility to cancer which May vary from one racial group to another. This theory also overlooks factors such As viruses which Are Only faintly environmental in the usual sense of the , environmental studies have provided interesting data on where if not Why cancer occurs. In the United states the environmental epidemiology Branch of the National cancer Institute has published an Atlas South shows Sharp Rise in spotted fever cases Nashville term. A the National enter for disease control says there Are so Many reported cases of Rocky Mountain spotted fever in the South that the infection seems to be named for the wrong part of the country. Six Southern states had 61 per cent of the spotted fever cases reported in 1975 and 1976, said Bob Alden a spokesman for the Atlanta based cd. Rocky Mountain spotted fever is really Misnomer now Alden said. The number of cases reported from Rocky Mountain states has dropped sharply less than 5 per cent of the year s cases come from there. It appears to be a disease of Southern and South Atlantic  in addition the disease is spreading. Ten Nessee for example has reported 80 cases of the tick borne infection compared with 65 forthe same period last year. Last year was an All time High for the third year in a Row said Robert Hutcheson of the state department of Public  la have 1,781 spotted fever cases reported in the nation during 1975 and 1976. North Caro Lina topped the states with 322  Virginia reported 215 cases while Oklahoma had 182 Tennessee 157 South Carolina 135, and Georgia 93. New York and Pennsyl Vania each reported 72 cases Texas had 63, Maryland recorded 56, and Kentucky had 52. Wherever there Are ticks you can get the disease and it s on the Rise he said. Nation ally the fever is continuing above last Yea Rand the South and South Atlantic Are dominating again this year. We be got a total of 822 sofar this year compared with 612 at this time last  soviets graft dry iced Bones Moscow up a group of soviet scientists has succeeded in grafting Bones from dead persons which have been preserved in dry ice pravda said. The communist party newspaper said that the freezing not Only preserved the Bone but Low ered the reaction of the living organism to the graft so that the grafted Bones Are gradually re placed by the renewed Bone  first successful grafts were performed on dogs at the Central Institute of Trau otology and orthopaedics by . Ima Aliev pravda  then grafting has been studied at the Laboratory for preservation of organs and tissues at Rostov medical Institute under .  had to develop new kinds of operations pravda  All of them were Suc  it said that in some cases the body rejected the grafted joint end but additional studies have made the percentage of complications  showing 20 years of cancer mortality data for3,056 counties. The maps show that death rates from All forms of cancer combined Are higher in industrialized Urban areas particularly the Northeast than in Rural  there is greater mortality from cancer of the uterine cervix among Whit women in the Southeastern states and the South has More skin cancer than other re Gions probably because of greater exposure to  cancer rates Are High in new Jersey and the new York City area along the South East Atlantic coast and less accountable along the Gulf coast from Texas to the Florida Panhandle. Thirty eight of Louisiana s 64 counties show the nation s highest lung cancer rates for White males. The cause of bladder cancer is clearer an strongly relates to occupational exposure. For example mortality from cancer of the Blad Der lung and liver is High among White males in counties where the chemical Industry i highly concentrated. This is particularly True of Salem county n.j., which leads the nation in bladder cancer mortality among White , about 25 per cent of those employed work for the chemical Industry Many of themis the manufacture of organic chemicals that May cause bladder tutors. Detroit along with other areas where automobiles and machinery Are manufactured also has a High rate of bladder cancer among White males. Another interesting finding is that stomach cancer causes very High mortality in some Rural counties in Minnesota the Dakotas Michigan and Wisconsin. Researchers Theo Rize that these areas have a genetic predisposition to cancer or they May experience environmental exposure to the disease through diet life style and other factors. A cancer Atlas May not reveal what cause cancer but it does pinpoint geographic variations and High risk areas where further stud ies and prevention programs might be  for the question can 90 per cent of All cancers be prevented that figure  at present. On the other hand the Public should be aware that from 40 to 50per cent of All cancers already can be be vented by avoiding known carcinogens like to Bacco excessive alcohol consumption and Industrial carcinogens like Asbestos and Viny Chloride. Preventing cancer at this Point largely de pends upon whether we alter cancer causing habits and life styles. Scientists will continue to learn More about what causes cancer. But their discoveries will do Little Good unless Westart listening to what they Tell us. 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Incidentally the deceased brother had three grown sons who could have escorted their Mother if she needed someone by her Side. Apparently they chose not to do so or weren t asked i cannot believe the woman was so grief stricken she did t know what she was doing when she treated me and my daughter so shabbily. Should i Tell her off Georgia dear Georgia your husband s family sounds Rife with internal problems. You should not expect Normal behaviour from people like that. A woman whose sons would not be by her Side at such a time has enough heartache. Don t create More by telling her  dear Ann Landers what can we mothers of dirty daughters in Law do to get them to clean up their filthy houses there Are so Many girls today with new Homes and every Gadget and appliance you can think of to make life easier. Yet clothes Are scattered All Over thedis towels Are Dingy the Draper ies Are never cleaned and the bathrooms smell terrible. One of my daughters in la complains her husband never comes Home after work. Why should he it looks like a Chicken Coop and smells like a  worry about the grandchildren getting some fatal illness. What can a son s Mother say hate to see it dear Friend if you hate to see it Don t look. As for what to say say nothing. Unless your son is Blind and his vol factory has shut Down he can see and smell As Well As you can. Maybe better no daughter in Law Ever cleaned up her House to please her Mother in Law. Any suggestions along those lines would be unwelcome. So . And Don t worry about the grandchildren. They Are probably immune to everything by now. Dear Ann i be been seen Ger. G. For about eight months. He has Given me some Nice gifts first a Gold Bracelet then Gold earrings and last month a Wristwatch with 16 diamonds that look like  the Gold turns my wrist and ears Green and one of the diamonds broke in half. Does this mean the jewelry is fake just wondering dear just if you want an accurate evaluation of the jewelry take it to a jeweler. This i can Tell you however even Fine Gold will cause a wrist or an ear to turn Green if the person s chemistry is a Little off. As for the Diamond it s possible to crack a real Diamond but it would re quire a very hard blow