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FDA’s Draft Breast Implant Guidance Still Needs to be Strengthened, Made Mandatory
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Breast Cancer Action Challenges the FDA’s Proposal Requiring Women Get Breast Density Information After Mammograms
For immediate release
March 28, 2019
Contact: Kira Jones
Communications Manager
415.243.9301x15
ksjones@bcaction.org
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA (March 28, 2019) – Breast Cancer Action today challenged the proposed update to... Read more
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Breast Cancer Activists Deliver Over 45,000 Petition Signatures to Ford Motor Company telling them to “Go Further” and Help Put the Brakes on Breast Cancer
Today Breast Cancer Action and activists delivered over 45,000 petition signaturesto Ford Motor Company at their world headquarters in Michigan during the North American International Auto Show. Read more
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Breast Cancer Action Tells Ford Motor Company to Help Put the Brakes on the Breast Cancer Epidemic
For Immediate Release
Contact: Kira Jones
Communications Manager
(415) 243-9301 x 15
ksjones@bcaction.org
SAN FRANCISCO, CA (October 1, 2018) – Today Breast Cancer Action, the respected watchdog for the breast cancer movement, launched their “Put the Brakes on... Read more
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Breast Cancer Action’s “Knot Our Pink Ribbon” Campaign Demands Estée Lauder Stop the Betrayal
“Estée Lauder’s pink ribbon began with a stolen idea,” said Jaggar. “When they partnered with Self Magazine, together they turned the peach ribbon pink. With the change in color, the focus shifted from prevention to awareness, marketing and corporate gain. Pink ribbons... Read more
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Breast Cancer Action Demands Agricultural Companies Stop Selling Pink Ribbon Citrus While Irrigating Food Crops With Oil Wastewater
“We’re outraged that agricultural companies are using oil corporations’ leftover wastewater to grow their produce. We believe this is an urgent public health issue because of the potentially hazardous chemicals associated with the oil extraction process,” said Karuna... Read more
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Breast Cancer Organization to March Outside the DNC
Fracking and dangerous drilling are urgent public health and social justice issues. Read more
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Breast Cancer Action Urges Women to Ask Questions Before They Participate in Breast Cancer Walks and Runs
Breast Cancer Action (BCAction), the watchdog for the breast cancer movement, encourages would-be participants or donors of large-scale breast cancer walks and runs to carefully question where the money goes, in a new resource published today. Read more
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USPSTF Breast Cancer Screening Recommendations Continue to Lag Behind Evidence
Breast Cancer Action (BCAction), the nationally acclaimed watchdog for the breast cancer movement, today responded with disappointment that the much awaited recommendations on screening for breast cancer released by the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) fail... Read more
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American Cancer Society Screening Guidelines for Breast Cancer: Baby Step Toward Evidence-Based Recommendations
The ACS is finally starting to follow the evidence on the limitations of routine breast cancer screening for women at average risk. Read more
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