No Family History

by Mccormick, Sabrina

• ISBN13: 9780742564091
• ISBN10: 0742564096
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-07-16
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc

Summary

No Family History presents compelling evidence of environmental links to breast cancer, ranging from everyday cosmetics to industrial waste. Sabrina McCormick 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.

Author Biography

Sabrina McCormick is a science and technology policy fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of the Sciences working in the Environmental Protection Agency. She is also research faculty at the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services. She is the director and producer of the award-winning documentary No Family History.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
What We Do about Breast Cancer	p. 11
How We Got Here	p. 29
Where We Might Go	p. 55
The New Breast Cancer Concern	p. 87
Fresh Evidence	p. 105
Under the Skin	p. 121
The Way Out	p. 141
Appendix: Resource List	p. 155
References	p. 159
Index	p. 175
About the Author	p. 185
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