Summary Of Farming Chemicals And Cancer Deaths By Anna Lora Wainwright

Anna Lora-Wainwright wrote the article “Of farming chemicals and cancer deaths: The politics of health in contemporary rural China.” The article was written to indicate the different theories behind the increasingly high rate stomach and esophagus cancer in the rural villages of China, specifically Meishan. Lora-Wainwright conducted the researcher for this article based on some of the theories of the local people in this village. One theory was that water wells were contaminated and therefore causing cancer. Another theory was that the working conditions of the farmers and their work with the chemicals were causing them to get cancer. The final theory was that the chemicals used on farms and larger manufactures were contaminating the food supply. Lora-Wainwright collected this data from first hand interviews with a family (two sisters and a brother) along with other local citizens and her sources from the CDC and other …show more content…
After reading the article I was thinking about the third theory and about eating healthier less processed foods. I grew up on a farm, and my dad raised chickens and cows for slaughter. Therefore, I always had unprocessed meat to eat. Now that I am at college it is a different story. Although, I do bring meat from home back with me to school I often have to by meat from the grocery store. Personally I can taste the difference between the meat from back home and the meat from the store, but my roommates cannot tell the difference. This article has given me a better understanding that because I grew up eating meat that was less processed I have had a healthier lifestyle then other people. I also found it interesting that the government was unwilling to help their people. I understand that money can be tight, but people were dying and the government was doing nothing about it. They even claimed that there was no problem of illness even though there was evidence that proved