Events
- SIMPLE STEPS TO REDUCE
EXPOSURE TO TOXINS
Tuesday, February 7, 2012, 1:00-2:00 p.m. | more
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SAVE THE DATE:
The 7th ANNUAL BAG LADIES BENEFIT | more
Thursday, May 10, 2012, 6-10 pm
Carlyle on the Green, at Bethpage State Park - HOT OFF THE PRESS
Look Before You L.E.A.P Bilingual Coloring Book
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PAST EVENTS
- Breast Cancer and the Environment Research Program (BCERP) Annual Meeting
Extended Environmental Exposures (more) - Learn ways to Reduce your Impact at Home (more)
- HBCAC Applauds the Strong Community Partnerships that Helped to Raise
Funds During October 2011
(more) - 7th Annual Charity Golf Outing (more)
- Simple Steps to Protecting Our Children (more)
- 6TH Annual Bag Ladies Benefit (more)
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The Breast Cancer Biologues
The Breast Biologues is an award-winning, animated video narrated by Peter Coyote that explains how the normal breast develops and how exposure to potential cancer-causing chemicals at specific times during breast development may influence future breast cancer risk. The video is part of an educational toolkit that also includes a narrative comic book. It was developed by the Bay Area Breast Cancer and the Environment Research Center and zero breast cancer, one of four centers in the U.S. tasked with studying environmental causes of breast cancer by focusing on mammary gland development during puberty, a time when the breast may be particularly vulnerable to environmental influences. In 2010, the Centers transitioned to the Breast Cancer and the Environment Research Program, a nationwide network of grants jointly funded by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and the National Cancer Institute.
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Read our quarterly newsletter that has an update on many facets of the breast cancer issues and news
Action Alerts & News
ACTION ALERT
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HBCAC News
- LI students honored for cancer research
Newsday Features Students and Scientists Environmental Research Program, January 5, 2012. Jan. 5, 2012| See full story
- Huntington HS Juniors Participate in Cancer Conference
Huntington High School juniors recently participated in a national conference in Cincinnati that focused on breast cancer's connection to environmental factors. | See full story
ENVIRONMENTAL News
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Congressman Steve Israel "Straight Talk on Hydraulic Fracturing"
Future of NY fracking seems to be faltering By Steve Israel
Published: 01/29/12| See full story -
Breast Cancer and the Environment –
Report from the Institute of Medicine (IOM)
A new report from the Institute of Medicine (IOM), Breast Cancer and the Environment: A Life Course Approach, examines the existing literature about breast cancer risk posed by various environmental factors. December 9 2011 | See full story - Report: More research needed on breast cancer, environment.
A report calls for more research on the link between environment and breast cancer, and a need to explore the effects of toxic exposures, December 7 2011 | See full story
- Dangers of environmental contaminants for children and expecting women
Dr. Philip J. Landrigan, MD, MSc, Director of the Mount Sinai Children's Environmental Health Center, speaks to the dangers of environmental contaminants for children and expecting women.
December 6 2011. | See full story - National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Launches Their Roadmap To Protect Public Health! December 5 2011 | See full story
- BPA Lurks in Canned Soups and Drinks
Studies have come forth regarding the chemical BPA used in the linings of tin cans. November 23, 2011.
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- Cleaning Product Right-to-Know Act
Washington, DC – Rep. Steve Israel (D – NY) announced the introduction of the Cleaning Product Right-to-Know Act, legislation that will require ingredient labeling for domestic, commercial and institutional cleaning products. Nov 18 2011 | See full story - The Increase in Thyroid Cancer
While the incidence of many cancers is declining, thyroid cancer is one that is steadily soaring, especially in women.
Nov 18 2011 See full story
Chemicals, Pollution...and Cancer.
With the World Health Organization hinting that cancer could unseat heart disease as the leading cause of death around the world, it’s no surprise that per capita cancer incidence is on the rise globally. In fact, cancer is the only major cause of death that has continued to rise since 1900. Nov 14 2011 See full story- Study suggests widespread BPA Contamination of paper products,
Bisphenol-A (BPA) seems impossible to avoid.
Researchers detected trace amounts of the estrogen-like compound in a wide variety of paper products most of us touch every day, including toilet paper, paper towels, newspapers and business cards. | See full story - CDC scientist: tests needed on gas drilling impact
One of the government's top scientists says much more research is needed to determine the possible impacts of shale gas drilling on human health and the environment. | See full story - NIEHS Director Linda Birnbaum,
PhD meets with Public Interests Partners
The NIEHS Public Interest Partners joined in a conversation with NIEHS/NTP Director Linda Birnbaum, Ph.D., and staff Dec. 1 in Friendship Heights, Md. While the meeting featured engaging presentations on nanomaterials research by key NIEHS/NTP scientists, the gathering also offered Partners an opportunity to shape the afternoon agenda during an almost three-hour informal lunchtime conversation on a variety of topics…| See full story
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