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Date: | Fri, 15 Nov 2002 02:56:47 -0600 |
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Well, I did it. I did a Google search, and I got an email address for Dr.
Tina Clarke, who has been studying this situation. I wrote her:
>I recently heard about the high incidence of breast cancer in Marin
>County; I saw the article at ABCNews.com. It mentioned a number of
>different factors that are being considered as the cause, but there was
>nothing about any examination of the foods these women are eating. ...
>(snip) ... I bet there are a lot of vegetarian women in Marin
>County! Have you, or anyone, looked into this possibility?
And a couple of hours later, she replied:
>Thanks for your thoughtful ideas. I am not familiar with the relation of
>vegetarianism to diet... (snip) I am referring your idea via cc above to
>Marin Breast Cancer Watch, an excellent grassroots organization that is
>aggregating ideas for future studies and coordinating future research in
>the county.
So, perhaps we've started something ... I must say, I'm a bit surprised to
find that they hadn't considered diet as a risk factor up to now :^?
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