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No Family History: The Environmental Links to Breast Cancer (New Social Formations)

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Average Customer Rating:	5.0
Release Date:	2009-06-16
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Author	Sabrina McCormick
Number of pages:	192
ISBN:	0742564088
Language:	Unknown: English; Original Language: English; Published: English;

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Textbook Buyback; Breast Cancer; Hardcover; Printed Books; Amazon.com: Non-Seasonal Buyback; Gender Studies

Product description

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.

Customer reviews

« a must-read on breast cancer prevention »

I could not put this book down! I had just gone through a year's worth of breast cancer diagnosis, surgery and treatment and suddenly this book brought everything together and helped make sense of it all.

This very readable book was written by an environmental science professor. It covers many aspects of the epidemic scale of breast cancer among women and shows that while generous resources have poured into detection, treatment, and cure, only scant resources have gone into prevention.

The book discusses the corporations that manufacture profitable pharmaceuticals, the use of untested and unregulated chemicals that are part of everyday life, as well as the organizations that sponsor cancer fund-raising activities. McCormick then asks the hard questions about exactly where money that is raised for research goes, how much CEO's make, etc. Shockingly, it is thought that manufacturers of some personal care products may include untested chemicals that may be carcinogenic!

It weaves the story of Robin, a 43-year-old breast cancer patient in Long Island throughout the book. Included is information about pesticides, radiation, plastics, personal care products, and more. Body burden studies are explained.

However, the good news is that things are beginning to change! Air pollution regulations, proper notification of pesticide spraying, toxic use reduction programs, review panels that include patients, and advocacy programs are sprouting up all over the country. European standards mandated the testing of chemicals in personal care products. This forced U.S. companies to produce two products for two markets, or to change. Some have changed to meet the higher E.U. standards that protect women.

There is a list of Breast Cancer and Environmental Health Organizations and 16 pages of references. A film with the same title is available from the author. McCormick also has a website: [...].

Rating: (5 out of 5) @ 2009-11-03

« It's time to bring this discussion mainstream »

This sensitive, intelligent and carefully researched discussion of environmental toxins linked to breast cancer sheds light on a subject that is long overdue. Until our doctors start talking about 'prevention' along with detection and treatment, women everywhere should equip themselves with the knowledge Sabrina McCormick imparts in 'No Family History.'

Rating: (5 out of 5) @ 2009-06-17

« What we should know, but don't focus much on.... »

This book brings to life the stark truth about how our environment and the chemicals we use in everyday life can have on negative affect on our health and wellbeing. More can be done to prevent this from happening, we just need to have a strong voice. Sabrina McCormick is that voice. A must read for those of us who care about all cancer prevention.

Rating: (5 out of 5) @ 2009-06-15

« Details provide a broader picture »

I have read all the science articles that I can find, but this book paints a broader picture of details that I haven't seen elsehwhere. I'm only halfway through, and here are the things I like: the author takes a personal story and weaves it through to narrate the story of the breast cancer movement, the number of individual articles that are collated to show that cancer is growing as an epidemic, the illustration that outlawing a single chemical is not going to stop cancer, the descriptions of why our public health policies formed the way they are.

Other books that I have liked in this Genre "And the Band Played On" and "The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down". Highly recommend this book. It's a longer read, but well worth the journey.

Rating: (4 out of 5) @ 2009-06-04

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