Issue #22, Spring 2001

This issue of the MBCC Newsletter is dedicated to Jeanne Eisler, whose death is a great loss to all of us in the MBCC.

• In Memoriam
  Jeanne Eisler, 55, died December 30, 2000, after a long battle with breast cancer. Jeanne, who was a member of the MBCC Board of Directors for many years, was a fierce advocate for the thousands of women diagnosed with breast cancer each year.
  
  
• PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE PROJECT FILES LEGISLATION
  The Precautionary Principle Conference on December 2nd was a tremendous success.
  
  
• AGAINST THE TIDE 2001
  letters, notes about, dates set
  
  
• MBCC JOINS PUTTING PEOPLE FIRST COLLABORATIVE
  The MBCC has joined Boston Women’s Health Book Collective, Women’s Community Cancer Project, Breast Cancer Action, National Women’s Health Network and several other organizations to create the Putting People First Collaborative.
  
  
• Silent Spring Institute Study Finds Controversial Chemicals Marketed to Women in Personal Care Products since the 1950s
  On November 1, 2000, researchers at Silent Spring Institute released the results of their latest study, which reviewed 8,000 magazine advertisements featuring women's personal care products from 1950 through 1994.
  
  
• FUNDRAISING EVENTS HELD TO BENEFIT THE MBCC
  The work of your organization, to continue its advocacy of awareness and education, is vital to eradicating this disease." -- The Giraffe Golf Tournament Committee
  
  
• ACTION ALERT!!!! BREAST CANCER RESEARCH AND TREATMENT AT RISK.
  The Govenor's office once again released a budget that is disappointing to the breast cancer advocacy community.
  
  
• Low-Income, Uninsured Women of Massachusetts MUST Be Guaranteed Breast Cancer Treatment
  Imagine you do not have health insurance or are underinsured....you hear about the Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening program administered by the Department of Public Health.