MALIGNANT AND MALINGNANCY THE CURE FOR SOCIAL CANCER

Social Malignancy is where those in positions of power sit back and do nothing to prevent impropriety and other general corruption from spreading in local and national political bodies, to include councils.

In medicine, malignant is a clinical term that is used to describe a clinical course that progresses rapidly to death. It is typically applied to neoplasms that show aggressive behavior characterised by local invasion or distant metastasis.

The change of cells from benign to malignant behavior is called malignant transformation. Usually this diagnosis is made by pathologic examination of tissues. However, often the physician during the history and physical examination can find that there have been changes in size or patient sensation and upon direct examination that there has been a change in the lesion itself.

Although malignant transformation may occur because of changes within the cell, it can be induced by inorganic toxic substances such as cadmium or arsenite and organics such as tobacco-specific nitrosamines. It is also thought that some malignant transformation is due to viruses such as the Epstein-Barr virus.

Malignant qualities in cancer may be due to still multiplying cells, or cells that break off from the main tumour and enter the blood stream, being transported elsewhere where the cells that broke off are able to reproduce further, thus spreading the cancer.

Malignant melanoma is a serious form of skin cancer. Unfortunately the incicence of this disease appears to be increasing, such that currently about 1 in 100 persons in the United States can expect to develop this cancer in a lifetime. Without treatment it has the tendency to become widely metastatic and result in the demise of the patient. There are four general clinical types of melanoma: superficial spreading, nodular, acrolentiginous, and lentigo maligna.

Plot Summary:

Erin Brockovich is an unemployed single mother, desperate to find a job, but is having no luck. This losing streak even extends to a failed lawsuit against a doctor in a car accident she was in. With no alternative, she successfully browbeats her lawyer to give her a job in compensation for the loss. While no one takes her seriously, with her trashy clothes and earthy manners, that soon changes when she begins to investigate a suspicious real estate case involving the Pacific Gas & Electric Company. What she discovers is that the company is trying quietly to buy land that was contaminated by hexavalent chromium, a deadly toxic waste that the company is improperly and illegally dumping and, in turn, poisoning the residents in the area. As she digs deeper, Erin finds herself leading point in a series of events that would involve her lawfirm in one of the biggest class action lawsuits in American history against a multi-billion dollar corporation.

Directed by: Steven Soderbergh

Writing credits: (WGA) Susannah Grant (written by)

Tagline: She brought a small town to its feet and a huge corporation to its knees.

Plot Outline: An unemployed single mother becomes a legal assistant and almost single-handedly brings down a California power company accused of polluting a city's water supply. (more) (view trailer)

User Rating: ******* 7.3/10 (28,270 votes)

Cast overview, first billed only:
Julia Roberts	Erin Brockovich
David Brisbin	Dr. Jaffe
Dawn Didawick	Rosalind
Albert Finney	Ed Masry
Valente Rodriguez	Donald
Conchata Ferrell	Brenda
George Rocky Sullivan	Los Angeles Judge
Pat Skipper	Defending Lawyer
Jack Gill	Defendant
Irene Olga López	Mrs. Morales
Emily Marks	Beth Brockovich - 8 Months
Julie Marks	Beth Brockovich - 8 Months
Scotty Leavenworth	Matthew Brockovich
Gemmenne de la Peña	Katie Brockovich (as Gemmenne De la Peña)
Erin Brockovich-Ellis	Julia, the Waitress

MPAA: Rated R for language.
Runtime: 130 min
Country: USA
Language: English
Color: Color
Sound Mix: DTS / Dolby Digital / SDDS (8 channels)
Certification: UK:15

Goofs: Continuity: Her old car is hit in the right rear and spun around. The gray "primer" is on the door with no damage to the rear of the car. (more)

Erin Brockovich: Isn't it funny how some people go out of their way to help others, when others just fire them?
Ed Masry: Look, I'm sorry but you were gone for a week. I assumed you were off having fun.
Erin Brockovich: Oh, and why the hell would you assume that?
Ed Masry: I don't know. You look like someone who likes to have fun.
Erin Brockovich: Oh, so by that standard I should assume that you never get laid.
Ed Masry: I'm married!
[after a pause]
Ed Masry: Look. What is this all about?
Erin Brockovich: Do you want to know? Then you'll have to hire me back. I've got a ton of bills to pay.
Ed Masry: Fine! Fine!

Many people are succumbing to cancer and the two biggest factors in this succumbing to cancer are FEAR and IGNORANCE. Yes, people are ignorant to what cancer really is and as a result, they fear it.

In 400 B.C., Hippocrates assigned the name of Cancer or crab to a disease encountered during this era, because of its crab-like spread throughout the body. Cancer’s Greek name was "Karkinos." In 164 A.D., Galen of Rome called the disease "tumor" which derived from the word "tymbos" meaning a sepulchral mound. In Latin, it was called "tumore" which meant "to swell."

Leukemia was initially a cancer indicative of Caucasians in general and Caucasian children in particular. This is a view generally accepted. However, it appears that leukemia is a cancer found in 30% of dairy cows. Hence, there may be a link to explain why so many white children were dying of this cancer. The leukemia could be coming from the cows via their milk? White people and white children in particular. They were drinking milk at home, at school, at restaurants, etc. In fact, other cultures picked up the habit of drinking cow’s milk from Europeans (Caucasians).

A good movie starring Nick Nolte and Julia Roberts came out in 1994 entitled "I Love Trouble" and in this film, its climax showcases and exposes a sinister plot involving milk production from cancerous cows and its relation to leukemia. Movies, though illusions, contain a lot of reality when you know what to look for. Thye say the best place to hide something is before the eyes!