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ABOUT BREAST CANCER

BREAST CANCER FACTS

  • Frequently Asked Questions

  • Facts about Breast Cancer

    • ENVIRONMENTAL LINKS TO BREAST CANCER

  • State of the Evidence 2008

  • Cape Cod Breast Cancer and Environment Study

  • Newton Breast Cancer Study

  • Household Exposure Study

    • STUDIES AND REPORTS

  • Unequal Exposure to Ecological Hazards 2005: Environmental Injustices in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

  • State of the Evidence 2008: What Is the Connection Between the Environment and Breast Cancer?

    • ADVOCACY

    FEDERAL POLICY INFORMATION AND ACTION

  • Bisphenol-A (BPA)
  • Safe Cosmetics
  • Toxic Substances Control Act Reform

    • REGIONAL ADVOCACY COUNCILS

  • Regional Advocacy Council Listing

    • STATE LEGISLATIVE ALERTS

  • Safer Alternatives Bill

  • State BPA Actions

    • MBCC

    PUBLIC EDUCATION AND OUTREACH

  • Introduction to our Education and Outreach Program

    • TAKE ACTION

  • Donate to MBCC

  • IMPORTANT WORK AHEAD - ACHIEVABLE SUCCESSES WITH YOUR HELP

  • Volunteer

  • Gratefully Acknowledging Tributes

    • THE MASSACHUSETTS BREAST CANCER COALITION

  • MBCC Organizational Goals

  • Massachusetts Breast Cancer Coalition Staff

  • Job Postings

  • MBCC History and Accomplishments

    • MBCC PROJECTS AND CAMPAIGNS

    ALLIANCE FOR A HEALTHY TOMORROW

  • About Alliance for a Healthy Tomorrow

  • Why We're Committed to the Precautionary Principal

    • CAMPAIGN FOR SAFE COSMETICS

  • Campaign for Safe Cosmetics

    • THINK BEFORE YOU PINK

  • Overview

    • STOP THE EPIDEMIC: THE NEWSLETTER OF THE MASSACHUSETTS BREAST CANCER COALITION

    ISSUE #20, SPRING 2000

  • Massachusetts Highest in the Nation for Incidence of Breast Cancer

  • Call to Action!

  • National Breast Cancer Coalition Launches Priorities for 106 Congress - 2nd Session

  • STAMP OUT WASTED FUNDING!

  • Campaign Vote Breast Cancer

  • Genetic Privacy Remains Unprotected in Massachusetts

  • Reception Held in Honor of Cathy Freedberg

  • MBCC Board of Directors in Action

  • MBCC Welcomes new Co-Directors

  • SPECIAL EVENTS TO HONOR MBCC

  • Silent Spring Institute Continues Research

  • JUST WHAT IS AVON CALLING FOR?

  • THE PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE PROJECT ENTERS ITS SECOND YEAR

  • Estrogen-Progestin Therapy May Increase Breast Cancer Risk by More than Estrogen Alone

    • ISSUE #21, FALL 2000

  • BEACON HILL PASSES LONG AWAITED GENETIC PRIVACY LEGISLATION

  • NEW STUDY INDICATES ENVIRONMENTAL LINK TO BREAST CANCER

  • SILENT SPRING INSTITUTE LEADS RESEARCH FORUM

  • PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE PROJECT AIMS TOWARD STATEWIDE CONFERENCE

  • "MAKE BREAST CANCER HISTORY":

  • MBCC SUPPORTERS SECURE $500,000 INCREASE FOR BREAST CANCER RESEARCH

  • LEGISLATIVE UPDATE: FEDERAL LEVEL

  • BREAST CANCER DRUGS ARE PRICED HIGHER FOR WOMEN WITHOUT PRESCRIPTION DRUG INSURANCE

  • AGAINST THE TIDE A Wonderful Success

    • ISSUE #22, SPRING 2001

  • In Memoriam

  • PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE PROJECT FILES LEGISLATION

  • AGAINST THE TIDE 2001

  • MBCC JOINS PUTTING PEOPLE FIRST COLLABORATIVE

  • Silent Spring Institute Study Finds Controversial Chemicals Marketed to Women in Personal Care Products since the 1950s

  • FUNDRAISING EVENTS HELD TO BENEFIT THE MBCC

  • ACTION ALERT!!!! BREAST CANCER RESEARCH AND TREATMENT AT RISK.

  • Low-Income, Uninsured Women of Massachusetts MUST Be Guaranteed Breast Cancer Treatment

    • ISSUE #23, SUMMER 2001

  • STATE BUDGET PROCESS
  • AGAINST THE TIDE Is Ready for the Challenge!

  • A Mother’s Wish

  • Me? An Activist? Oh, I Don’t Think So!

  • MBCC Loyal Supporters Acknowledged

  • Going the Distance to Make Breast Cancer History

  • NBCC Legislative Priorities for 2001

  • The Campaign to Protect Children’s Health and Development

  • Environmental Factors in Breast Cancer Research

  • Community Catalyst Prescription Access Litigation Project

    • ISSUE #24, FALL 2001

  • New MBCC Mission Statement

  • New MBCC Mission StatementPatients Bill of Rights A Sham for Patients

  • STATE BUDGET REMAINS AT IMPASSE

  • Against the Tide 2001

  • A Closer Look at High Dose Chemotherapy

  • Living on the Edge

  • Direct to Consumer Advertising

  • Lowell Scientific Forum Sheds Light on Importance of Precaution

  • Study Documents Chemicals that are Widespread Indoors: Reveals Gap in Our Understanding of Potential Health Effects.

  • PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE PROJECT TAKES OFF

    • ISSUE #25, SPRING 2002

  • LEGISLATIVE ACTIVISTS CRUCIAL TO SUSTAIN BREAST CANCER FUNDING – PUBLIC HEALTH IS UNDER ATTACK

  • FOLLOWING THE MONEY

  • CONFUSION OVER MAMMOGRAPHY Turn It Into Activism

  • New Environmental Health Alliance Calls for Statewide Policy Changes

  • GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION AIDS BREAST CANCER RESEARCH

    • ISSUE #26, SUMMER 2002

  • Legislative Update – FY 03 Budget Process Continues

  • Breast Cancer Activists Follow the Money to Avon Shareholder Meeting

  • MBCC Welcomes new members to the Board of Directors

  • The Alliance for a Healthy Tomorrow Pursues Commitment from Gubernatorial Candidates to Child Health Action Plan

  • The Myth of Living Safely in a Toxic World

  • California Summit To Recommend National Breast Cancer Research Agenda

  • You, Your Breast Cancer Group and Prescription Drug Ads

    • ISSUE #27, FALL/WINTER 2002

  • Renewed Call to Action

  • Evolution of Cancer Etiology and Primary Prevention

  • Marketing Hypocrisy and Breast Cancer

  • Swim Against the Tide – Everyone’s a Winner

  • MBCC Participates in the Tufts 10K to Support Silent Spring Institute

  • MBCC Campaigns and Projects

  • Review for Cape Study Findings

  • Online Resources on Women’s Health and the Environment Bolstered by NLM Grant to Silent Spring Institute

    • ISSUE #28, SPRING/SUMMER 2003

  • IN YOUR MEMORY, WE CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR THE FUTURE...

  • U.S. LOSING THE WAR ON CANCER, IGNORING PREVENTION

  • ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICALS AND BREAST CANCER RISK:WHERE HAVE WE BEEN AND WHERE ARE WE HEADED?

  • TREATMENT OR RESEARCH: DO WE HAVE TO DIVIDE THE RESOURCES?

  • LEGISLATIVE AGENDA

  • DELINKING ABORTION AND BREAST CANCER

  • NEW FACES AT MBCC

  • FUNDRAISING SUCCESSES...

  • FOLLOW THE MONEY: Think before you pink

  • THE LATEST ON AVON THROUGH MBCC’S FOLLOW THE MONEY CAMPAIGN

    • ISSUE #30, FALL/WINTER 2004

  • The 26th Annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium

  • Science on Trial: Conflicts of interest jeopardize scientific integrity and public health

  • Where Does Our Toxic Exposure Come From?

  • Follow the Money Alliance for Accountability in Breast Cancer

  • Air and Dust Harbor Chemical Contaminants in Homes

  • Alliance for a Healthy Tomorrow

  • NIH Announces New Breast Cancer and the Environment Research Centers

  • Fundraising Notes

  • United We Stand for Public Health

    • ISSUE #31, SPRING/SUMMER 2004

  • Breast Cancer LIFETIME RISK RISES TO 1 IN 7

  • FROM THE DIRECTOR'S CHAIR

  • US Special Interest works to compromise European Legislation and the Precautionary Principle

  • Higher Breast Cancer Risk for Longer-Time Cape Cod Residents

  • Ideas to Action

  • MBCC Announces New Officers

  • MBCC Members lobby on Capitol Hill for Guaranteed Access to Quality Health Care for All

  • Fundraising Notes

  • Advocacy Works – Cosmetic Companies to phase Out Phthalates

    • ISSUE #32, FALL 2004

  • The Larger the Pink Ribbon the Closer to the Cure?

  • FACE FACTS: TOXIC CHEMICALS IN BODYCARE PRODUCTS

  • Safe Cosmetics Campaign Platform

  • COMING TO CONSENSUS – COMING TO A COMMON SENSE

  • MIXED RESULTS ON BREAST CANCER RISK AND PESTICIDE USE ON CAPE COD

  • More aggressive breast cancer tumors four times more likely in African American women

  • CABINET CONFIDENTIAL: TOXIC PRODUCTS IN THE HOME

  • IMPORTANT WORK AHEAD - ACHIEVABLE SUCCESSES WITH YOUR HELP

  • Against the Tide 2004

  • DO YOU PAY TOO MUCH FOR PRESCRIPTION DRUGS?

  • AT THE 13TH HOUR – THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION ENDED

    • ISSUE #34, SPRING 2005

  • THE NEVER ENDING SEARCH FOR THE MAGIC BULLET. THE EXCEL RESEARCH STUDY

  • HARVARD RESEARCHER WITH INDUSTRY TIES RECEIVES $5.9 MILLION FROM DEFENSE BREAST CANCER RESEARCH PROGRAM

  • BE TRULY GREEN – REFUSE TO USE CHEMLAWN: A COMMUNITY ACTION CAMPAIGN OF THE TOXICS ACTION CENTER

  • ALLIANCE FOR A HEALTHY TOMORROW OFF AND RUNNING!

  • ENGAGING THE NEXT GENERATION, AN OUTREACH INITIATIVE

  • A TALE OF TWO REALITIES: FDA HEARS TESTIMONY ON THE RETURN OF SILICONE BREAST IMPLANTS

  • PASSAGES

    • ISSUE #35, FALL 2005

  • Beyond Awareness

  • From Awareness to Access!

  • Campaign for Safe Cosmetics

  • Legislative Success!

  • Science News from Silent Spring!

  • Healthy Californians Biomonitoring Program

    • ISSUE #36, WINTER 2006

  • New Year Brings Fresh Beginnings

  • Is Silence Golden?

  • UMass Lowell Report Links Environmental and Occupational Exposures to Cancers

  • Transitions on the MBCC Board

  • Grassroots Breast Cancer Advocacy

  • Cancer in Pets, Cancer in People

  • Thrive is Alive!

    • ISSUE #37, SPRING 2006

  • Consensus Statement on Breast Cancer and the Environment

  • News from Silent Spring

  • Women of Color

  • Alliance for a Healthy Tomorrow

  • New Reports

  • New Staff and Board at MBCC

    • ISSUE #38, FALL 2006

  • Issue # 38, Fall 2006
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