Event: Cancer Prevention – A Toxic Tour (29 June 2013)
On the 29th June 2013, From Pink to Prevention organised a toxic tour in Central London. The tour took in various sites of significance in relation to cancer prevention – or rather the lack of action...
View ArticleThe Big Question
Welcome to our new breast cancer campaign FROM PINK to PREVENTION where we expose the barriers to gaining serious attention for ‘primary prevention’ as an attainable goal for breast cancer, on the...
View ArticleBarriers to Prevention
For a disease that affects so many women, both directly and indirectly, it’s fair to say that the issue of how environmental and occupational exposures impact on the disease is shockingly absent. No...
View ArticleHealth before Profits overcoming the Vested Interests barrier
You would think if a chemical has been shown to have links with breast cancer causation, testicular cancer or decreasing fertility, it would be banned immediately – especially from products people come...
View ArticleWhat the frack??!!
How the hell do you get from fracking equipment to breast cancer? In the USA, the highly popular Daily Show takes on the ludicrous effort by fracking companies to ‘pinkwash’ themselves at the same time...
View ArticleBLOG: A view from Tasmania
There has been a growing if not vague and disconnected awareness here of the presence of toxins in the environment but nothing either informative or educational forthcoming from key authorities like...
View ArticleBlog: Meeting with Breast Cancer Now (BCN)
It was good for the From Pink to Prevention team to meet face to face finally, in February, with senior staff at Breast Cancer Now to discuss our concerns about BCN’s Risk Booklet. BCN’s priority areas...
View ArticleRachel Carson – in print, in film and why her legacy is of such scale
Sharing the work and the activism of the amazing Rachel Carson (1907-1964) on Rachel Carson Day At the age of 56, after a lifetime of ‘joining up the dots’ between the natural world, the human...
View ArticleThe Power of Words: Why a book from 1962 inspires our work today.
Sharing the work and the activism of the amazing Rachel Carson (1907-1964) on Rachel Carson Day 27 May 2016 The Power of Words: Why a book from 1962 inspires our work today. By Diana Ward Man has...
View ArticleReaching women around the world with our toolkit poster
We’re delighted to see our October TOOLKIT poster has been translated into German and shared by colleagues in the USA and Canada. In Australia, we’re especially happy that our colleague Di Ward has...
View ArticleTribute to an American activist who spoke out on breast cancer
On Monday 31st October, we had a very special evening to mark the final day of Breast Cancer Prevention Month with From Pink to Prevention’s evening dedicated to the writing of Barbara Brenner, hosted...
View ArticlePink-washing at its most extreme
This October, the US Navy and Israeli Air Force each took a pink fighter jet to the sky to join the fight against breast cancer. In the USA, the F9F-8 Cougar was painted a vibrant shade of pink called...
View ArticleReview: A Pacifist’s Guide to the War on Cancer
It wasn’t the subject matter which put me off, it was the singing. I’ve never liked musicals, not even supposed comedy ones, the songs always seem contrived, the melody sadly lacking in favour of the...
View ArticleAll the very best for 2017 and keep campaigning!
As we came to the end of a busy and productive year, we were delighted to be invited to write an article for ‘Women & Environments’ – a leading international magazine based in Canada and...
View ArticleVital Call: MPs want post-Brexit UK to keep to EU’s main chemicals law REACH
The UK House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) has today published the report of its inquiry on chemicals regulation after the EU referendum, which particularly focussed on the EU’s...
View ArticleCelebrating A Visionary Citizen Scientist
RACHEL CARSON DAY 27th MAY Man has put the vast majority of carcinogens into the environment and he can, if he wishes, eliminate many of them. The most determined effort should be made to eliminate...
View ArticleBeyond Brexit and breast cancer risk
While you probably won’t have seen the words Brexit and breast cancer prevention appearing in any headline together, they are inextricable linked. Currently, EU health and safety and environmental laws...
View ArticleBrexit & Breast cancer: what does Brexit have to do with breast cancer?
Invitation to a Breast Cancer Prevention Month event - hosted by Helen Hayes MP. 26th October 11 am - 1 pm. Portcullis House, Attlee Room, Portcullis House Speakers include: Helen Hayes MP, Zarin...
View ArticleBrexit – no excuse for playing politics with our health.
As the country stumbles towards a shambolic and increasingly disastrous Brexit – just when we thought things can’t get any worse, a leaked government impact assessment report reiterates how the UK will...
View ArticleDon’t play hard Brexit with our health – House of Lords.
In light of the upcoming debate in the House of Lords on Monday 5th and Wednesday 7th March discussing what will happen to UK chemicals regulations after Brexit, From Pink to Prevention calls on the...
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