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31 Days Campaign
TODAY’S POST WHY WE’RE TAKING 31 DAYS IN OCTOBER TO TURN THE CONVERSATION ABOUT BREAST CANCER FROM AWARENESS TO PREVENTION When MBCC held it’s first rally to end the epidemic of breast cancer in 1991, we challenged the notion that breast cancer was an inevitable disease. Thousands of women, men and children marched in support [...]
Upcoming Event
Party for Prevention 14th Annual Lesbians and Friends Dance a benefit for the Massachusetts Breast Cancer Coalition FIRST GREAT PARTY OF THE YEAR! Join us on Saturday, January 21st 8:30pm-12:30am READ THE BLOG FOR UPDATES AND INFO Enter to win a certificate for 6 on a Hy-Line Cruises 2012 Cape Cod Canal Live Music Cruise [...]
Advocate Spotlight
Submitted by Margo Simon Golden, President, Massachusetts Breast Cancer Coalition. The New York Times (NYT) reported that of two common materials “used daily by millions of Americans…one causes cancer and the other might.” The National Toxicology Program (NTP), a branch of the National Institute of Health, issued warnings: “[C]onsumers should…avoid contact with formaldehyde and styrene along with six other chemicals that were added … to the government’s official Report on Carcinogens.” The NYT states that the release of the 12th Report on Carcinogens “was delayed for years because of intense lobbying from the chemical industry, which disputed its findings… Cal Dooley, president and chief executive of American Chemistry Council (ACC), a trade association that represents companies that make and use polystyrene and formaldehyde, rejected the report’s conclusions.” Dooley said, “We are extremely concerned that politics may have hijacked the...
News and Blog
Institute of Medicine’s “Breast Cancer and the Environment: A Life Course Approach”
You may have heard of an Institute of Medicine (IOM) report released recently, Breast Cancer and the Environment: A Life Course Approach, discussing environmental impacts on breast cancer risk. The Massachusetts Breast Cancer Coalition is encouraged by the findings of the report – evidence that MBCC has long supported – recognizing the need to further research the role that environmental toxins play in breast cancer risk. MBCC calls for further emphasis on the need to forward health...
Holiday Festival
The 14th Annual Festival of Giving Trees is a display of beautifully decorated trees. The event opened on December 1st and will run through Sunday, December 4th. Over 100 trees are decorated in the spirit of hope and remembrance. Some are playful, full of toys, a few with traditional Christmas messages, even some with cookies. Each tree’s decorations and the gifts beneath them are being raffled off on Sunday afternoon. This is a community-wide event to bring your family, friends,...
Prevention Continues
We began our 31 Days Towards Breast Cancer Prevention campaign talking about the need to change the conversation during Breast Cancer Awareness Month from awareness towards action for breast cancer prevention. Why? We are all aware of breast cancer, know far too many women and men affected by the disease and spend the month of October in near celebration of a devastating disease. Despite these awareness activities we still see rates of the disease that have doubled over the past...
Cleaning with Bubbles?
Scrub your dishes clean with products that don’t contain endocrine disrupting fragrances by trading your petroleum based soap for a castile, glycerine-based, or other naturally derived liquid soap. In fact, did you know that “bubbles” are added to most cleaning products as an aesthetic feature, they don’t actually help you clean better but, make you think that your products is cleaning better. You can check the safety of the products you regularly use by checking...
Mammograms aren’t the answer
While many breast cancer organizations promote and raise funds for mammograms, MBCC doesn’t. Part of the reason is because mammograms are imperfect at best. They are simply a tool to help women spot breast cancers that have already formed in their breast. They don’t prevent breast cancer. Also, they don’t work for every woman. Mammography has been in the news a lot this week. The New York Times ran an article written by their health columnist Tara Parker-Pope entitled...
