The Oliver Foundation

We are a pediatric cancer foundation whose mission is to identify the reasons why the incidence of pediatric cancer has surged 50% in the USA since 1975, with a specific focus on the environmental factors which according to the World Health Organization, in all cases trigger the disease: “Initiation of cancer occurs when an environmental agent such as a chemical, an infection or radiation successfully damages DNA and this damage fails to be repaired. During the next stage or promotion stage, further genetic damage occurs in the form of mutation until there is loss of regulatory processes and the cancer moves into the progression phase with tumor growth and metastisis.” (Chldren and Cancer, 2009: