Apropos your cover story The Shadow of the Crab (Sep 24), it is an acknowledged fact that parents, many of whom lead busy lives and have little time for their children, have little or no control over their children’s diet. Habituated to fast food, children increase their risk of lifestyle diseases, worst of which is cancer.
Narendra M. Apte, Pune
If the law binds corporates to spending 2 per cent of their net annual profit on CSR projects, some of that money, one hopes, finds its way to anti-cancer research.
Ashok Lal, Mumbai
India is an ecological disaster. Industrialisation, consumerism, pollution, the plunder of forests and reckless disposal of industrial waste and city garbage, the rape of pristine hills for minerals—all these factors contribute to the rising cancer figures. It’s no surprise we have such a high rate of cancer cases.
Ganesh Natrajan, on e-mail
Such a long article on cancer without a mention of the biggest contributor to cancer—consuming tobacco and tobacco products.
Ramki, Delhi
