Most of the funds raised by the American Cancer Society (ACS) go to pay overhead, salaries, fringe benefits, and travel expenses of its national executives in Atlanta. They also go to pay chief executive officers, who earn six figure salaries in several states, and the hundreds of other employees who work out of some 3,000 regional offices nationwide. The typical ACS affiliate, which helps raise the money for the national office, spends more than 52 percent of its budget on salaries, pensions, fringe benefits, and overhead for its own employees. Salaries and overhead for most ACS affiliates also exceeded 50 percent, although most direct community services are handled by unpaid volunteers. DiLorenzo summed up his findings by emphasizing the hoarding of funds by the American Cancer Society. Read More From the Cancer prevention Coalition

DiLorenzo, T. J. One charity's uneconomic war on cancer. Wall Street Journal, March 15, 1992, p. A10.

Aside from high salaries and overhead, most of what is left of the ACS budget goes to basic research and research into profitable patented cancer drugs. The current budget of the ACS is $380 million and its cash reserves approach $1 billion. Yet its aggressive fund raising campaign continues to plead poverty and lament the lack of available money for cancer research, while ignoring efforts to prevent cancer by phasing out avoidable exposures to environmental and occupational carcinogens. Meanwhile, the ACS is silent about its intricate relationships with the wealthy cancer drug, chemical, and other industries. A March 30, 1998, Associated Press Release shed unexpected light on questionable ACS expenditures on lobbying. Read More From the Cancer prevention Coalition

Salant, J. D. Cancer Society gives to governors. Associated Press Release, March 30, 1998. 

Toxic Ingredients in Whole Milk - (eg. Borden or Lucerne)   from "Dirty Dozen" Consumer Product List

DDT, Carcinogenic; xenoestrogen. 
DIELDRIN, Carcinogenic; xenoestrogen. 
HEPTACHLOR, Carcinogenic; neurotoxic; reproductive toxin; xenoestrogen. 
HEXACHLOROBENZENE, Carcinogenic; neurotoxic; reproductive toxin. 
ANTIBIOTICS: Some are carcinogenic, cause allergies and drug resistance. 
RECOMBINANT BOVINE GROWTH HORMONE and IGF-1: Also, risk factor for breast, colon and prostate cancers. 

Safer Alternative: 

rBGH-free Organic skim milk 

The dairy industry has spent billions of dollars convincing us that milk is healthy, all the while pumping chemicals into cows and the milk itself that makes it deadly. Read More By Ché Green, LiP Magazine. 
 
 

Toxic Ingredients in 

Beef Frankfurters - (eg. Oscar Mayer Foods Corporation) 
COSMETICS AND PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS (Johnson & Johnson. Inc.) 
Crest Tartar Control Toothpaste - (Procter & Gamble. Inc.) 
Alberto VO5 Conditioner (Essence of Neutral Henna) (Alberto-Culver USA. Inc.) 
Clairol Nice 'n Easy (Permanent Hair color) (Clairol. Inc.) 
Ajax Cleanser (Colgate-Palmolive. Inc.) 
Lysol Disinfectant Spray (Reckitt & Colman. Inc.) 
Zodiac Cat & Dog Flea Collar (Sandoz Agro. Inc). 
Ortho Weed-B-Gon Lawn Weed Killer (Monsanto Co.) 
 from "Dirty Dozen" Consumer Product List