International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) of WHO has released in November 2020 updated age-standardized cancer rate.
✓ Six out of the top 10 are in the European Union. EU is the world’s cancer capital.
✓ India ranks 172 in the world with agestandardized cancer rate of 97 per 1,00,000 population.
✓ India’s cancer rate is three times lower than the countries in EU and less than half of world average
✓ Among the countries in India’s neighborhood, Singapore has the highest cancer rate – 233 per 1,00,000 population. Singapore has no agriculture.
✓ Activists’ attempt to blame modern agriculture for cancers is malicious.
✓ Within India, northeastern states such as Mizoram, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim have high cancer rates (Source: ICMR). It is not Punjab as propagated by the activists.
Top 10 Countries by Age-Standardized Cancer Rate (2020):
