ACCRA (Reuters) - In Emanuel Adu's language, Twi, people call the skin cancer that is invading his cheek and nose sasabro.
Most of Africa's around 2,000 languages have no word for cancer. The common perception in both developing and developed countries is that it's a disease of the wealthy world, where high-fat, processed-food diets, alcohol, smoking and sedentary lifestyles fuel tumor growth.
Changing Africa's Diet and the Consequences.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/01/us-cancer-africa-ghana-idUSBRE8400ET20120501
Global food system an international "public health disaster" – UN food expert http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/1415503285/global-food-system-an-international-public-health-disaster-un-food-expert
Autism and Disappearing Bees: A Common Denominator? http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/1537179017/autism-and-disappearing-bees-a-common-denominator
New Research: GMO Food Far Worse Than We Think. Their toxic chemical cocktails http://www.scoop.it/t/agriculture-gmos-pesticides/p/1245764870/new-research-gmo-food-far-worse-than-we-think-their-toxic-chemical-cocktails
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