When diagnosed with cancer in 2007, Mike Marqusee was determined not to write about it. We should be thankful that he has done so, because on this much covered subject, he has many original things to say.

Politicians talk about waging a “war on cancer”, and finding a cure has featured in many electioneering speeches. Perhaps they are unaware that there are over 2,000 types with many different causes. And just as it took decades for the truth about tobacco and asbestos to emerge, who knows how much information the industry chooses to conceal about other cancer causing agents in our environment?

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