No family history
Subtitle: the environmental links to breast cancer
By: Sabrina McCormick.
Series: New social formations
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Lanham
Language: eng
Number of pages: 185
ISBN-13: 9780742564084
Subjects: Breast -- Cancer -- Environmental aspects; Breast Neoplasms -- etiology -- United States; Environmental Exposure -- adverse effects -- United States; Breast Neoplasms -- prevention & control -- United States; Public Policy -- United States
Description: This book presents evidence of environmental links to breast cancer, ranging from everyday cosmetics to industrial waste. The author weaves the story of one survivor with no family history into a powerful exploration of the big business of breast cancer. As drugs, pink products, and corporate sponsorships generate enormous revenue to find a cure, a growing number of experts argue that we should instead increase focus on prevention-reducing environmental exposures that have contributed to the sharp increase of breast cancer rates. But the dollars continue to pour into the search for a cure, and the companies that profit, including some pharmaceutical and cosmetics companies, may in fact contribute to the environmental causes of breast cancer. This book shows how profits drive our public focus on the cure rather than prevention, and suggests new ways to reduce breast cancer rates in the future.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.