Greetings!  

We've got some good news - the Committee on Environment & Public Works passed Senator Frank Lautenberg's Safe Chemicals Act! 

 

big thank you goes out to all of you who took action, contacted your senators, and spread the word about this important vote. Your support helped make this happen!  

 

This bill seeks to overhaul the 36-year-old Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) by requiring that chemical manufacturers prove that their chemicals are safe in order to remain on the market. 

 

We've got a long way to go but this is a step in the right direction. A vote for stricter chemical regulation is a vote for breast cancer prevention!

 

Progress Towards Prevention, 

The MBCC Team  


After years of campaigning on the issue, the Massachusetts Breast Cancer Coalition announces a victory in the battle towards banning bisphenol-A (BPA), a chemical linked with breast cancer, from our consumer products.

The federal government has announced a ban on the use of BPA in baby bottles and sippy cups beginning in Fall 2012. Science indicates that exposure to BPA in utero and to young children can have health affects later in life, including the growth of breast tumors. Further research has linked BPA with interfering with the effectiveness of chemotherapy in breast cancer patients.

The Massachusetts Breast Cancer Coalition has been leading both state and federal campaigns to ban BPA. Read more...
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Pink Ribbons, Inc. Screening
The Coolidge Corner Theater for the sold out showing on June 20th, 2012 of the timely documentary Pink Ribbons, Inc.  In back is Moderator Catherine DeLorey, Former Breast Cancer Action board member, Ellen Leopold, Women's Community Cancer Project and author and interviewee from the film; Rachel Danford. Researcher, Silent Spring Institute;  Margo Simon Golden, WCCP and Board President of Massachusetts Breast Cancer Coalition; and Joanne Weiss, writer, Boston Globe
The Coolidge Corner Theater for the sold out showing on June 20th, 2012 of the timely documentary Pink Ribbons, Inc. In back is Moderator Catherine DeLorey, Former Breast Cancer Action board member, Ellen Leopold, Women's Community Cancer Project and author and interviewee from the film; Rachel Danford. Researcher, Silent Spring Institute; Margo Simon Golden, WCCP and Board President of Massachusetts Breast Cancer Coalition; and Joanne Weiss, writer, Boston Globe
Pink Ribbons, Inc. is a documentary by director L�a Pool from Canada which tells the story of the commercialization of the breast cancer movement and the exploitation of human generosity, hope and trust.  
 
Well meaning people have walked, run, donated, and worn pink to find a cure for breast cancer. Well meaning organizations have donated to find a cure for breast cancer and rid the world of cancer. But, large organizations often end up compromising themselves and their mission by aligning with companies that are part of the problem and not the solution. 
 
MBCC is grateful and thankful to all the dedicated men and women, past and present, in all capacities, who help to advance cancer detection and treatment options. However, MBCC supports, first and foremost, the common sense approach of preventing cancer before it starts. True prevention of breast cancer is changing our strategy, policy, and research funding allocations to reduce the daily contamination, bioaccumulation, health impacts, and health care costs from carcinogens and hormone disrupting compounds. Protecting our ecosystem and our health is most important.  
 
Let's stop this epidemic here and now. Let's NOT pass this epidemic on to future generations, our children and grandchildren, to carry the burden of cancer. Join Massachusetts Breast Cancer Coalition in their education and advocacy work which supports a systemic transformation and passage of the Massachusetts Safer Alternative Bill, Federal Safe Chemicals Act, Federal Endocrine Disruption Act, and Federal Ban Poisonous Substance Act, etc. Let's work together.
 
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Want to Learn More?
 
New information is always coming out on environmental links to breast cancer and we want you to be in the know. 

MBCC is your resource for breast cancer prevention news. We'll compile the latest news so you'll always have the most up-to-date information on emerging topics in breast cancer prevention.

 
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