From Policy Wins to Environmental Action

March 07, 2024

From Policy Wins to Environmental Action
Posted on March 7, 2024 By Haleemah Atobiloye, Program Manager When we raise our collective voices, we create systemic change. Recent updates: Wins! In partnership with other patient advocates and the Lymphedema Advocacy Group, in December of [...] READ MORE

February 06, 2024

Our January Recap: Health, Environmental, and Social Justice
Posted on February 6, 2024 By Haleemah Atobiloye, Program Manager We say it all the time: environmental justice is health justice. We keep saying it because the data linking environmental exposures to an increased risk of breast cancer is ever-growing [...] READ MORE

October 19, 2023

Action Alert: The breast cancer crisis and fossil fuel divestment
Posted on October 19, 2023 By Zoë Christopher, Program Officer This week in Think Before You Pink® Goes Rogue we're focused on Fossil Fuel Divestment. The materials we've made available this week provide divestment strategies we can use, both indivi [...] READ MORE

August 05, 2023

Organizational power is privilege – here’s one way we use it
Posted on August 5, 2023 By Haleemah Atobiloye, Program Manager Our coalition work uses the power of our organizational voice and positioning to support values-aligned campaigns. Here’s what we supported in the month of July: The March to End Fossil [...] READ MORE

July 08, 2023

We’re disrupting the politics of breast cancer
Posted on July 8, 2023 By Haleemah Atobiloye, Program Manager We’re experts on the politics of breast cancer. This means is we connect environmental policy to its impacts on public health, and demonstrate what we as individuals can do to support s [...] READ MORE

June 24, 2023

ACTION ALERT: SB 252 is headed to the Assembly!
Posted on June 24, 2023 By Haleemah Atobiloye, Development Manager First, some good news: SB 252 has cleared the Senate and is now headed to the Assembly's Public Employment and Retirement Committee! We have signed on to and continue to support SB 252 [...] READ MORE

March 30, 2023

What do train derailments & fuels from plastics have in common
Posted on March 30, 2023 By Zoë Christopher, Operations Manager and Program Officer Actions speak louder than words. In our latest blog post, “The Latest Train Derailment, Chevron, the EPA—and Breast Cancer,” I discuss the Environmental Protection Agenc [...] READ MORE

March 29, 2023

The Latest Train Derailment, Chevron, the EPA — and Breast Cancer
Posted on March 29, 2023 By Zoë Christopher, Operations Manager and Program Officer Our government knows we’re living in a toxic soup of chemicals linked to cancer. The East Palestine train derailment provides a look into the problems of the Environmental [...] READ MORE

March 16, 2023

Making it easy to follow legislation: what you need to know about SB 252
Posted on March 16, 2023 By Haleemah Atobilye, Program Manager On February 6th, BCAction became the first breast cancer organization to join the California Fossil Fuel Divestment Coalition. The Coalition is comprised of organizations that support SB [...] READ MORE

February 09, 2023

Join us in demanding a cap on Big Oil’s greed—protect public health!
Posted on February 9, 2023 By Haleemah Atobiloye, Program Manager Big Oil isn’t just price gouging — they’re using windfall profits to buy ballot initiatives and overturn vital health protections.  Due to the current oil and gas monopoly controlled by f [...] READ MORE

November 10, 2022

FACT SHEET ALERT: The Climate Crisis and Breast Cancer
Posted on November 10, 2022 By Heather Perkins, Deputy Director Right now over 40,000 attendees, including 100 heads of state and world leaders, are gathering for COP27, the climate implementation summit held this year in Egypt. If we’re going to derail gl [...] READ MORE

August 15, 2022

How the climate crisis intensifies the breast cancer crisis
Posted on August 15, 2022 By Zoë Christopher, Program Officer & Operations Manager The correlation between fossil fuels and breast cancer has been well documented and we’ve taken it a step further. As extreme weather events intensify as a result of [...] READ MORE

August 11, 2022

The Climate Crisis and Breast Cancer
Overview The Impacts of the Fossil Fuel Industry The impacts of the fossil fuel industry on public health crises are well documented. In addition to these fossil-fueled health harms, the industry is also driving the climate crisis. There are grave health [...] READ MORE

February 04, 2022

Take action to stop fossil fuel dependence
Posted on February 3, 2022 By Zoë Christopher, Program Officer & Operations Manager This is an opportunity to take bold action to protect public health and our planet. To stop breast cancer before it starts, we must end our dependence on fossil [...] READ MORE

December 14, 2021

Oil and gas drilling hits too close to home
Posted on December 14, 2021 By Jayla Burton, Program Manager It’s been five years since California state scientists recommended a health and safety buffer, also known as a setback, between oil and gas drilling sites and sensitive sites where people live, w [...] READ MORE

December 08, 2021

Act Now: Stop fossil fuel exposures
Posted on December 7, 2021 By Jayla Burton, Program Manager There are over 2 million Californians living next to toxic oil and gas drilling in their neighborhoods. This is 2 million Californians exposed to harmful chemicals that may increase breast ca [...] READ MORE

November 10, 2020

The Fossil Fuel to Breast Cancer Pipeline
Posted on November 10, 2020 Health risks from fossil fuels touch almost every aspect of our lives. In addition to vehicle exhaust and industrial emissions, a wide range of everyday products are made from fossil fuel-based chemicals, including cosmetic [...] READ MORE

September 17, 2020

The Fossil Fueled Health Crisis
Posted on September 17, 2020 Every year in the U.S., more than a quarter of a million people are diagnosed with breast cancer—a number that continues to rise. Many of these people have no family history of the disease, which raises the question “What causes b [...] READ MORE

August 23, 2020

Fossil Fuel Infographics
Every year in the U.S., more than a quarter of a million people are diagnosed with breast cancer. Many of these people have no family history of the disease, which raises the question “What causes breast cancer?” Research increasingly finds environmental link [...] READ MORE

August 04, 2020

Stop Fossil Fuels Factsheet
View and download a PDF of our Stop Fossil Fuels [...] READ MORE

January 17, 2019

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
For immediate release January 17, 2019 Contact: Kira Jones Communications Manager 415.243.9301x15 ksjones@bcaction.org Breast Cancer Activists Deliver Over 45,000 Petition Signatures to Ford Motor Company telling them to “Go Further” and Help Put the Bra [...] READ MORE

October 02, 2018

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 B [...] READ MORE

July 27, 2016

Know the facts about breast cancer risks, fracking, and dangerous drilling
View and download a PDF of our fact sheet Know the Facts About Breast Cancer Risks, Fracking, and Dangerous [...] READ MORE

July 21, 2016

Breast Cancer Organization to March Outside the DNC
For immediate release July 19th 2016 Contact: Joyce Bichler, Deputy Director (650) 544-4559 jbichler@bcaction.org SAN FRANCISCO, CA: Breast Cancer Action (BCAction), the national watchdog for the breast cancer movement, will be leading a march in the [...] READ MORE

March 08, 2016

Communities Impacted by Fracking Coast to Coast
Posted on March 8, 2016 Communities across the U.S. are experiencing first-hand the health harms of fracking and other extreme forms of oil and gas extraction. The short-term health harms include asthma, nosebleeds and headaches and with 25% of chemicals [...] READ MORE

January 29, 2016

Environmental Exposures: Why Timing is Critical
Posted on January 29, 2016 Everyday toxic chemicals are bad for all of us, but there are periods in our lives when toxic chemicals have an even bigger impact on our health. These “windows of susceptibility” (for example, puberty and in utero) provide clues ab [...] READ MORE

October 08, 2014

Susan G. Komen Partners With Global Fracking Corporation to Launch “Benzene and Formaldehyde for the Cure®”
For immediate release October 8th, 2014 Contact:  Angela Wall, Communications Director (415) 243-9301 x16 awall@bcaction.org San Francisco, CA – Breast Cancer Action today thanked Susan G. Komen and Baker Hughes for partnering on the most ludicrous piece [...] READ MORE

April 30, 2013

Fracking and Its Connection to Breast Cancer
Posted on April 30, 2013 In the grossly under-regulated fracking industry, industry sponsored loopholes as well as a lack of common sense in both federal and state laws, leaves us all vulnerable to the health risks of fracking. Breast Cancer Action is [...] READ MORE