Dr. Sam Epstein, of Cancer-Gate: How to Win the Losing Cancer War, is an angry and passionately outspoken critic of the cancer industry. Epstein states we are losing a winnable war against the disease, because well-meaning institutions have misspent billions in favor of silver-bullet treatments and cure, while ignoring methods of cancer prevention. Epstein insists that consumers have the basic right to know, by clear labeling, of the known carcinogens in food, cosmetics, personal care and household products. In addition, cancer patients need to be informed of the carcinogenic risks of prescription drugs and screening and diagnostic medical procedures.

"For the person who is seriously interested in understanding the failure of our society to address issues of industry pollution, this book is indispensable. The reader will come away with an almost encyclopedic knowledge of how chemicals have polluted our environment, and how those who manufacture such chemicals have similarly polluted our political system," states Dr. Ralph Moss, in a review of Cancer-Gate.

The debate over the issues of cancer treatments and cancer prevention is a hot-button issue, and can divide the cancer community. According to leading cancer organizations, who predict that one of out three people will experience cancer in their lifetime, I want the silver bullet treatments that lead to cancer cure. Cancer is here, and according to experts in the cancer field, the number of people who are, and will be, diagnosed with cancer, is not going to diminish over time. Ultimately, I want prevention strategies adopted, so that we do not need all the silver bullets. Prevention of cancer in the first place does seem preferable to treating cancer after the fact, and the place to start is by tackling the issues of environmental pollution and eliminating the carcinogens in food, cosmetics, personal care and household products.