Originally posted by Starhawk
The source for this type of Cancer is UV exposure, and it's on the rise
http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/cancer/melanoma.htmlNo, I am willing to inconvenience the world economy in order to isure the majority of the planet has an environment that can sustain them in the future.
Look your posting your one and only source again, and once again the Ozone is restoring it self. I don't know what causes cancer to kill more people in Canada, and quite frankly I barely care. Cancer is a luxury disease. You are willing to "inconvenience" the economy of developing country's thus killing millions and making ending poverty even harder then it already is for a few Canadians that have cancer.
Get off your high horse, Canada isn't important in the factor. A hundred millions die of poverty every year, and you care about a few damned Canadians with cancer?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image😛ercentage_population_living_on_less_than_1_dollar_day.png
Look at that link
Every country with a color other then green and gray will lose a lot of their population. You are willing to kill anywhere from ten thousands to a million people in each and every single one of those country's.
You know what the WTO says is the best way to stop poverty and all it's effects?
Economic growth. You are stopping that, or at least limiting that with your incredibly stupid idea's. It will kill millions of people. Because you want to prevent cancer.
Which I have to say your idea probably will do, because let's face it. If the economy of the world is destroyed it would surely mean that nobody will die of cancer anymore, we won't live long enough for that.
And once again the only way you can force the world to do something about the enviroment is by investing in cleaner technology. Something that would require an economy. Your way of just taxing and killing millions of people to reduce damage is stupid and it won't help.
Edit: also your stupid link is incredibly dumb...
Melanoma is the most dangerous type of skin cancer. It often starts out as a coloured mole or spot, but can spread fast to surrounding skin and other organs. Melanomas make up only one or two per cent of all skin cancers, but is the type most likely to be fatal.
It's dangerous but only a small group is affected
Now a doctor offers a theory as to why it's rising
"One thing could be the thinning of the ozone layer, which provides a filter for the UV light," he says. "If the ozone becomes thin, there is more UV light. Another thing is a lot of people like going to the beach and getting a suntan."
Notice the Could be part... If the ozone becomes thin. Well it isn't becoming thin, it's restoring itself.
So your link is bullshit and offers no prove for any of this doctor his theory's. You fail.
the death rates are increasing for men, and dropping for women. Li says it is unknown what's behind this pattern.
Not that big a problem here really, at least half of Canada's population is dying less and less because of this disease.
There will be an estimated 4,500 new melanoma cases and 880 melanoma-related deaths in Canada this year, according to statistics from several cancer agencies.
880 deaths? 880 ****ing deaths? You are placing the lives of 880 Canadians a year above that of millions of people in Africa? *******
Yes. About 90 per cent of melanoma can be cured if caught in the early stages.
Not to mention that with better education on it, 90% of the people affected can be cured, this isn't a major problem at all.