More than 23 thousand Haitians have contracted cancer, according to what the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) revealed in a report published on its site on February 1, explaining that men are more frequently affected than women. …
Stomach and prostate cancer are more common in men, while cervical and breast cancer are more common in women, according to the organization’s report. World Health Organization WHO. The estimates from the International Agency for Research on Cancer are based on data available for the year 2022. A total of 23,611 people will be affected.
According to the organization, new cases of people affected by cancer in Haiti increased from 12,404 in 2020 and to 13,860 in 2022. Cancer deaths increased from 9,245 in 2020 to 9,014 in 2022. According to the organization the report, the risk of a person getting cancer before the age of 75 is much higher for boys than women.
This report informs that lung cancer is the most common cancer in the world, with 2.5 million new cases, or 12.4% of total new cases.
Breast cancer in women comes second (2.3 million cases, 11.6%), followed by colorectal cancer (1.9 million cases, 9.6%), prostate cancer (1 .5 million cases, 7.3%) and stomach cancer (970,000 cases, 4.9%).
This report comes as a University of Michigan study finds that U.S. rice exported to Haiti contains harmful levels of arsenic and cadmium, metals that increase the risk of cancer, heart disease, diabetes and other diseases. diseases in humans.
The document presented by the American university recalls that Haiti is one of the main buyers of rice from the United States, alongside Mexico and Japan, and imports are cheap and more affordable than local rice.
According to the study, average concentrations of arsenic and cadmium were almost twice as high in imported rice as in products grown in Haiti. Some imported samples exceed international limits.
After the publication of this study, the USA Rice Federation responded by reaffirming its “unwavering commitment to the highest standards of quality and health in all its rice exports without rejecting the facts concerning the presence of carcinogenic metals in rice. Americans imported to us in Haiti…”
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