PATIENTS JOIN MASSACHUSETTS PHYSICAL THERAPISTS FOR AGAINST THE TIDE‘S 30th YEAR ANNIVERSARY IN HOPKINTON ON JUNE 18th Massachusetts Breast Cancer Coalition (MBCC) will hold two in-person events: the first on June 18th at DCR’s Hopkinton State Park in Hopkinton, MA for the 30th year and the second on August 13th at DCR’s Nickerson State Park in Brewster, MA for … Read more
Dr. Gwen Collman is the Acting Deputy Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), where she helps to drive the formulation and implementation of plans and policies necessary to carry out the NIEHS mission.
Updated February 27, 2023 Massachusetts Breast Cancer Coalition (MBCC) is calling on residents across the Commonwealth to lend their support to legislation that would enforce the disclosure of potentially toxic chemicals within children’s products in Massachusetts. To find your legislator, please click here. Join MBCC in our efforts to protect future generations! _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Article: Gwen Collman, Ph.D., acting deputy director of NIEHS, received the inaugural Margo Simon Golden Distinguished Service Award from the Massachusetts Breast Cancer Coalition (MBCC) on Jan. 20. Read the full article
On October 5, 2021, California became the seventh state to pass legislation to ban PFAS in food packaging. PFAS chemicals have been linked to a wide range of health effects including immune system toxicity, elevated cholesterol, delayed mammary gland development, effects on the thyroid and liver, and cancer. Scientists are concerned that exposure to chemicals … Read more
