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 [...]
Read full articleMammograms 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 [...]
Read full articleA New Body and a New Voice
By Kristi Marsh As temperatures drop in New England, plumes of vibrant fall color adorn my routine. Along with russet and pumpkin hues, seas of curvaceous pink breast cancer ribbons are omnipresent. Bits of coral flicker from baseball hats and sweatshirt logos. Professional football players suit up in pastel pink jerseys and hot pink shoelaces. [...]
Read full articleSales Receipts
Careful handling those sales receipts. BPA can show up in some unexpected places, like your wallet. A December 2010 study from Safer Chemicals, Healthy Families and the Washington Toxics Coalition found that 95% of the money they tested contained traces of BPA. How did it get there? Thermal paper receipts are coated in a powdery [...]
Read full articleChanging the conversation
Since it’s October, I’m constantly seeing ads in print and on the internet about mammography as “the best thing you can do” and “saving lives.” In this Sunday’s ads, I saw an ad campaign by Proctor and Gamble wittily entitled “Do it for the girls!” In addition to giving small donations to the Breast Cancer [...]
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