Abstract:In the 1950s to '70s, food additives and contaminants were considered important risk factors for cancer and other chronic diseases. Opinion leaders like F. Eichholtz and W. Kollath in Germany and R. Carson and J.J. Delaney in the United States maintained that the exclusion of man-made chemicals from the food supply would decisively contribute to better health. In contrast to these views, world-wide scientific opinion now emphasizes the role of personal lifestyle, e.g., over-nutrition, unbalanced diets, smoking… Show more
“…The seminal publication of the British epidemiologists Doll and Peto in 1981 (16) was a turning point in the fight against cancer. Until then the belief was widely held that a search for cancer-causing chemicals in the environment and the elimination of these chemicals would either (19,20). The conclusion of Doll and Peto that exposure to low doses of environmental substances in the diet was not among the important carcinogenic factors was supported by the work of American biochemist Bruce Ames and his collaborators.…”
“…The seminal publication of the British epidemiologists Doll and Peto in 1981 (16) was a turning point in the fight against cancer. Until then the belief was widely held that a search for cancer-causing chemicals in the environment and the elimination of these chemicals would either (19,20). The conclusion of Doll and Peto that exposure to low doses of environmental substances in the diet was not among the important carcinogenic factors was supported by the work of American biochemist Bruce Ames and his collaborators.…”
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