In May, the President's Cancer Panel released the 2008-2009 Annual Report on Reducing Environmental Cancer Risk.* The report brought good and bad news, along with recommendations for how to reduce our cancer risks both as a nation and as individuals. The panel gathered opinions from a wide range of governmental, industrial, and academic experts. They noted that while the overall incidence and death rate from cancer have decreased, about 1.5 million Americans developed cancer last year and over half a million died from it. And in certain populations, cancer rates are rising. Unfortunately, cancer can strike anyone at any time--however, reducing your risk factors is a great way to bring down the odds of it happening to you or your family.