Issue #25, Spring 2002

Stop the Epidemic is the official Newsletter of the Massachusetts Breast Cancer Coalition

• LEGISLATIVE ACTIVISTS CRUCIAL TO SUSTAIN BREAST CANCER FUNDING – PUBLIC HEALTH IS UNDER ATTACK
  As tax revenues continue to freefall in Massachusetts, public health has become a target of the Swift Administration’s efforts to offset the drop in state income, partially resulting from the Question 4 Tax rollback, for FY 2002.
  
  
• FOLLOWING THE MONEY
  The Avon Chronicles
  
  
• CONFUSION OVER MAMMOGRAPHY Turn It Into Activism
  If you are more frustrated than ever over the point/counter point public examination about the effectiveness of mammography, TURN IT INTO ACTIVISM!
  
  
• New Environmental Health Alliance Calls for Statewide Policy Changes
  As the events of September 11 forced us as a nation to give more thought to issues of prevention, safety, and policy, the work of the Precautionary Principle Project took on new momentum and relevance.
  
  
• GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION AIDS BREAST CANCER RESEARCH
  Demonstration held for Cape Students Geographic Information System developed by SSI sets standard as a model for tracking disease and environmental exposures.