“People need to know that fossil fuels cause cancer,” Fonda said. “So do pesticides, many of which are fossil fuel-based.”
Longtime actress Jane Fonda announced on Friday that she had been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, while suggesting that pesticides and fossil fuels may have played a role in the cancer developing.
Fonda, 84, said that she had begun a six-month course of chemotherapy treatments and would not allow her illness to interfere with her involvement in climate change activism. The two-time Academy Award winner has arguably been known for her dedication to political and environmental activism as much as acting since at least the late 1960s.
“So, my dear friends, I have something personal I want to share,” Fonda wrote on Instagram. “I’ve been diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma and have started chemo treatments. This is a very treatable cancer. 80% of people survive, so I feel very lucky.”
Fonda said she also felt fortunate due to having “health insurance and access to the best doctors and treatments,” while adding that it was “painful” to realize she was “privileged in this.
