Think before going pink

Think before going pink: Many breast cancer awareness sponsors profit from cancer

(NaturalNews) As we find ourselves once again awash in a sea of pink for
Breast Cancer Awareness Month (BCAM), few people who participate,
donate or buy pink-themed products are aware that BCAM has always been a
deliberate deception - a "pinkwash" which helps "do-gooder" sponsors
hide their own culpability while promoting products which cause cancer.

In the beginning

Breast
Cancer Awareness Month (BCAM) was launched in 1987 by Imperial Chemical
Industries (ICI), a British chemical company which has been a world
leader in manufacturing cancer-causing pesticides, plastics and other
products. From day one, ICI and later spin-off Zeneca have used BCAM to
direct research and prevention efforts away from chemical carcinogens.

To
this day, not a word can be found in any of the BCAM literature
suggesting that decreasing exposure to chemical carcinogens or dietary
changes can help play a role in cancer prevention.

Examples of BCAM sponsors who promote cancer causing products:


General Electric (GE)

GE,
a major polluter of carcinogenic PCBs in a 200 mile stretch of the
Hudson River, sells upwards of $100 million annually in mammography
machines. BCAM emphasizes encouraging yearly mammograms. The trademark
slogan is "Early Detection is Your Best Prevention." Though it is too
late to prevent cancer once it has been detected, 37 percent of American
women believe that mammograms somehow prevent breast cancer.

While
mammograms have never prevented a single instance of cancer, radiation
from routine mammography causes tens of thousands of cases of breast cancer each year. The National Cancer Institute reports
that mammography may cause 75 cases of breast cancer for every 15 it
identifies in younger women. Additionally, mammograms misidentify tumors
70 percent of the time, resulting in huge numbers of unnecessary and
invasive biopsies.

Monsanto

Biotech giant Monsanto
is a major sponsor BCAM's high profile event, the Race for the Cure. At
the same time, Monsanto reaps huge profits from products which cause
breast and other cancers. A study published in the October, 2012 edition
of the journal Food and Chemical Toxicology provided unprecedented evidence of the cancer causing dangers of the combination of Monsanto's genetically modified corn and it's herbicide Roundup.

Cow's
treated with Monsanto's genetically engineered rBGH growth hormone
produce milk with up to 10 times the normal Insulin-like Growth Factor I
(IGF-1). IGF-1 has been identified as a leading risk factor for breast
cancer as well as other cancers. Studies have shown that women with
elevated levels of IGF-1 are seven times more likely to develop
pre-menopausal breast cancer.

DuPont

DuPont,
another huge chemical company and major polluter, supplies much of the
film used in mammography machines. Like GE, DuPont aggressively promotes
mammography screening of women in their 40s, despite the risk of its
contributing to breast cancer in that age group.

The cosmetic giants

Cosmetic
and body care companies, including such industry powerhouses as Estee
Lauder, Avon, Revlon, and Mary Kay annually market pink-ribboned
products during BCAM. Many of those same products contribute to breast
and other cancers.

Hormone-mimicking chemicals such as parabens
and phthalates found in cosmetic and body care products increase the
risk of breast cancer and cause a broad range of birth defects. A study
published in the Journal of Applied Toxicology in 2012 detected paraben esters in 99 percent of breast cancer tissues sampled.

Other cancer causers

In addition to the above list, a host of other sponsors
also promote their cancer-causing products as part of BCAM, including
KFC, Coca Cola, alcoholic beverage makers and many others.

For a more in-depth look at the deception of BCAM, see:

"Breast Cancer Deception - Hiding the Truth Beneath a Sea of Pink"
(http://www.tbyil.com/breast-cancer-deception.htm)


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