MBCC Projects and Campaigns

Research Environmental Links to Breast Cancer

Goal: Advocate for increased funding for research into the environmental causes of breast cancer, including funding for MBCC collaboration with Silent Spring Institute and U.Mass Lowell.

Education and Outreach Programs

Goal: educate consumers on the links between toxins and breast cancer through lectures, Healthy Spa and Healthy Home parties.

Breast Cancer Disparities Project

Goal: Educate public about the disparate impact of breast cancer on women of color and in low income communities and work to eliminate disparities. Produce the annual Black Women & Breast Cancer conference.

Eliminate Pharmaceuticals in Water Project

Goal: Reduce environmental estrogens and endocrine disrupting chemicals linked to breast cancer in water.  Develop strategies including pharmacy take back programs, improved water treatment, and revised practices for handling pharmaceutical waste.

Remove Bovine Growth Hormone

Goal: Educate consumers about the links

between hormones in dairy and food

and breast cancer, and work to eliminate the use of rBGH in consumer products.

Alliance for a Healthy Tomorrow

Goal: Work with the Alliance for a Healthy Tomorrow to pass the Safer Alternatives Bill and other toxin reducing legislation.  The S.A. bill requires Massachusetts businesses to replace toxic chemicals in consumer products with safer alternatives.

Think Before You Pink

Goal: Fight the “commodification” of breast cancer-businesses profiting from the public’s concern about breast cancer while marketing products that contribute to the breast cancer epidemic. 

Campaign for Safe Cosmetics

Goal:  Educate consumer about toxic chemicals in personal care products.  Advocate for safer products in compliance with European standards.  Advocate for improved federal oversight of cosmetics and personal care products and accuracy in labeling.

• Alliance for a Healthy Tomorrow
  

  The Alliance for a Healthy Tomorrow (AHT) is a coalition of citizens, scientists, health professionals, workers, and educators seeking preventive action on toxic hazards. Unfortunately, current environment and health policies do not protect us. Our individual rights and our quality of life are threatened by harmful pollution and products.  Our goal is to correct fundamental flaws in government policies that allow harm to our health and environment.

  MBCC and the Alliance for a Healthy Tomorrow are working to:

  • Pass the Safer Alternatives Bill in 2009
  • Ban Bisphenol A in children's products and "food contact" products
  • Educate Massachusetts residents about toxins in household goods and consumer products, including toys, cleaners, pesticides, and furniture
    
  
  
• Campaign for Safe Cosmetics
  

  The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics is calling on all cosmetics and personal care companies to protect our health by phasing out the use of chemicals linked to cancer, birth defects and other health concerns in every market they serve.

  
  
• Think Before You Pink