Furthermore, the original article was clearly primarily referencing environment.

"A quote from David put out by the University of Manchester saying "There is nothing in the natural environment that can cause cancer. So it has to be a man-made disease, down to pollution and changes to our diet and lifestyle" caused particular consternation."

from http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn19591-briefing-cancer-...

I believe the OP has just misunderstood what the second article was objecting to.