Tickets $1 Each/6 for $5/15 for $10 For sale at the Against the Tide events 6/22 and 8/17! 1st PRIZE: Goose Hummock Dagger Alchemy 14.0S Kayak Measuring 14’ in length and weighing 51 lbs, this kayak functions as both a high-performance day touring boat and an easy-to-paddle recreational watercraft! 2nd PRIZE: $500 Gift Certificate to … Read more
The Chemical Safety Improvement Act (CSIA), introduced by Senator Frank Lautenberg of New Jersy along with Republican Senator David Vitter of Louisiana, is the most recently attempt to update our chemical management policy, the Toxic Substances Control Act. It is a bipartisan counterpart, or replacement, to the Safe Chemicals Act but does not include the … Read more
Lisa Carlon’s family has been coming together at Against the Tide for over 10 years to honor her lost mother. Please read Lisa’s inspiring and touching story: It seems that everywhere I turn, there’s someone who has been touched by breast cancer. Whether she has it and is in treatment or, as in the case … Read more
Earlier this year, the Massachusetts Breast Cancer Coalition requested $375,000 in state funding for sister organization Silent Spring Institute so that they can expand their research on emerging contaminants in water on Cape Cod and in Southeastern Massachusetts. The Senate budget was recently released without funding for Silent Spring Institute. This research is needed to … Read more
Angelina Jolie recently disclosed that she had a double mastectomy in the hope of preventing breast cancer. The genetic mutation BRCA1 left her with an exceedingly high risk for developing the disease. But her condition is rare. Only about 5%-10% of breast cancer cases can be attributed to inherited genetic mutations (including BRCA1, BRCA2 and … Read more
