UNT Eagles 2016
08-29-2015, 03:51 PM
http://seer.cancer.gov/statfacts/html/ld/all.html
Contrary to popular belief, cancer in the U.S. has not been "increasing exponentially" -- as a matter of fact, since American cancer diagnosis hit its all-time peak in the early 1990s -- with 1992 the "peak" year -- cancer diagnosis has decreased by roughly 20 percent. That's about 1 in 5 people that are not getting cancer that would have gotten cancer in the early 1990s. The increase in regulations in American food and notoriety regarding the detriments of too much fast food consumption has had a significant impact.
So the next time you hear someone say, "McDonald's sucks now! I miss the 80s and 90s where you could get an awesome burger for 50 cents and fill up on those!" -- you're underestimating how many carcinogens those people that lived on McBurgers in the 80s and 90s put into their body.
Contrary to popular belief, cancer in the U.S. has not been "increasing exponentially" -- as a matter of fact, since American cancer diagnosis hit its all-time peak in the early 1990s -- with 1992 the "peak" year -- cancer diagnosis has decreased by roughly 20 percent. That's about 1 in 5 people that are not getting cancer that would have gotten cancer in the early 1990s. The increase in regulations in American food and notoriety regarding the detriments of too much fast food consumption has had a significant impact.
So the next time you hear someone say, "McDonald's sucks now! I miss the 80s and 90s where you could get an awesome burger for 50 cents and fill up on those!" -- you're underestimating how many carcinogens those people that lived on McBurgers in the 80s and 90s put into their body.