BREAST CANCER FUND'S BLOG
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We're Poised to Meet Great Challenges in 2009
- Posted on 12.15.08
Dear Friend,
As 2008 comes to a close, we are faced with immense challenges and exciting opportunities. On the heels of our national victory in banning toxic phthalates from children's toys, the Breast Cancer Fund is poised to make groundbreaking inroads in 2009 to prevent breast cancer.
Janet Nudelman, our superwoman of program and policy, returned just days ago from a meeting in Washington with the Obama transition team.
Alongside our environmental health allies, Janet presented recommendations to President-elect Obama's team for necessary legislative reforms and new policy priorities to reduce our toxic exposures linked to breast cancer.
Because of the promising opportunities ahead, a generous supporter has just committed to match your donation to the Breast Cancer Fund, up to $7,500. Your donation will make a difference, but you now have the opportunity to double its impact. Help us meet this great challenge, bringing us closer to our goal of raising $100,000 by th...Read More -
Add Prevention to the War on Cancer
- Posted on 10.08.08
Related causes: Health
Sens. Ted Kennedy and Kay Bailey Hutchison will soon launch a renewed—and much overdue—War on Cancer. It's the first effort of this magnitude since the Nixon Administration, a bill that aims to address the continuum of cancer care from detection to hospice, including provisions addressing screening, detection, treatment, access to care and survivor issues. None of these areas is anything short of critical to facing our cancer epidemic.
But to be truly comprehensive the War on Cancer must also include research into environmental contributors to cancer and strategies to prevent the disease. Polls show that Americans are concerned about the impact of the environment on their health—and a growing body of scientific evidence supports that concern. We owe it to the people who are living and dying with cancer to expand our efforts to reduce or eliminate every possible preventable cause of this devastating disease. With leadership from these Senators, we can protect more men, women and c...Read More
