MEDIA RELEASE
OTTAWA WEST-NEPEAN
(PROVINCIAL) GREEN PARTY
For Immediate Release
February 19, 2010

TACKLE CANCER EPIDEMIC NOW, SAYS GREEN PARTY CANDIDATE

OTTAWA - "Numbers don't lie," says Mark MacKenzie (http://www.markmackenzie.ca), Green Party of Ontario candidate for Ottawa West-Nepean.
"Right now the statistics are grim. One out of 2.3 men and one out of 2.6 women will contract cancer during their lifetimes. People are unaware that we're exposed to about 80,000 human-made chemicals with only 15,000 of them barely tested for safety. We Greens believe that this senseless exposure to dangerous chemicals has to be stopped, and stopped soon," asserts MacKenzie, a board member of Prevent Cancer Now.
"Cancer has always taken its toll but never to the degree that we see today. Ours is the first generation to be hit this hard. Who doesn't know someone who's had cancer? How many of us have lost a friend or family member? As your prospective MPP for Ottawa West-Nepean, I will make it my personal goal to address the problem with the urgency it deserves," states the Green Party hopeful.
"Safe and healthy environments, free of cancer-causing substances, should be the birthright of every Canadian. Decreases in cancer incidence can and must be achieved by eliminating carcinogens from the air we breathe, the water we drink, the products we use, our places of work, and the food we eat," states MacKenzie.

It's time to focus on preventing illness, not just treating ill health.