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...soon be added to the environment. Studies have shown that the extraction of oil from shale and gas from coal-processes that could eventually be used on a large scale-produces polycyclic hydrocarbons, compounds that can cause cancer in man. Says the National Cancer Institute's Dr. Umberto Saffiotti: "Cancer in the last quarter of the 20th century can be considered a social disease, a disease whose causation and control are rooted in the technology and economy of our society...
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