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(Rizaldy. Essay. 3.3) Cancer was randomly occurring. â€Å"I see more and more younger and younger patients with newly diagnosed cancer† (Davis ix). Cancer was just a rare occasion. â€Å"One in three American† will hear, at some point, the phrase â€Å"‘you have cancer’† (Davis x). Cancer wasn’t caused by human’s activities. â€Å"Scientific literature [gave] abundant evidence that many pesticides and industrial pollutants and their by-products cause significant numbers of cancers† (Davis x). Cancer was†¦. For many years, the fight for letting cancer be noticeable never really reach to a state where a victory can really be claimed from either site. It takes numerous years being wasted on the debate about the dangerous of cancer, and it takes more years to†¦show more content†¦An 8 on the earthquake magnitude, tells us about the catastrophic event that had happened. 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