From Pink to Green
Subtitle: Disease Prevention and the Environmental Breast Cancer Movement
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: 2009
Language: eng
Number of pages: 252
ISBN-13: 9780813556529
Description: From the early 1980s, the U.S. environmental breast cancer movement has championed the goal of eradicating the disease by emphasizing the importance of reducing even eliminating exposure to chemicals and toxins. From Pink to Green chronicles the movement's disease prevention philosophy from the beginning.Challenging the broader cultural milieu of pink ribbon symbolism and breast cancer "awareness" campaigns, this movement has grown from a handful of community-based organizations into a national entity, shaping the cultural, political, and public health landscape.