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Giving to Charity or To Big Business?

The odds are great that every person reading this article has been touched, either by being a survivor or through kinship or friendship, by the scourge of breast cancer. And that is why con artists know that setting up a “charity” with vague aims to help women with breast cancer and using paid telemarketers to cold call potential donors with a fast pitch that trades on the good names and reputations of legitimate non-profits is a good bet and a way to beat the system for profits all around.

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Newsday Features Look Before You L.E.A.P.

Thank you to our friends at Newsday for spearheading a collaborative project of green resources.

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Support the BPA-Free Kids Act of 2009

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently expressed heightened concern about the health risks of bisphenol-A, or BPA, a chemical used in the production of many plastic household goods.

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F.D.A. Concerned About Substance in Food Packaging

In a shift of position, the Food and Drug Administration is expressing concerns about possible health risks from bisphenol-A, or BPA, a widely used component of plastic bottles and food packaging that it declared safe in 2008.

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FDA to Revisit Decision on Safety of BPA

WASHINGTON -- Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Margaret Hamburg said the FDA has agreed to reconsider a decision that Bisphenol A, a chemical used to harden plastics, was safe at levels found currently in products such as baby bottles.

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Breast Cancer Documentary Premieres in Suffolk County

A raw and rare documentary film focusing on a local woman’s journey after a breast cancer diagnosis recently premiered in Suffolk County during National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

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Launch of Center for Excellence in Children's Environmental Health , North Shore Medical Group, Huntington-

Despite the wet weather, it didn’t rain on the launch of the new Mount Sinai’s Center for Excellence in Children’s Environmental Health at North Shore Medical Group in Huntington on Oct. 15th.

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Data from this study suggest Vitamin D for breast cancer prevention

Vitamin D has been associated with decreased risk of several cancers. In experimental studies, vitamin D has been shown to inhibit cell proliferation and induce differentiation and apoptosis in normal and malignant breast cells.

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GOVERNOR PATERSON SIGNS EXECUTIVE ORDER ENACTING GREEN PROCUREMENT INITIATIVE May 12, 2008

Governor David Paterson has signed an executive order establishing a New York State “Green Procurement and Agency Sustainability Program” to promote policies within State agencies and authorities that reduce the consumption of materials and energy and reduce potential impacts on public health and the environment.

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KAREN MILLER ATTENDS NYS GREENING OF THE MANSION CEREMONY,
May 1, 2008

First Lady Michelle Paige Paterson today unveiled the first installation of solar panels at the Governor’s Mansion, a significant step toward reducing the Mansion’s energy consumption and pollution. The panels were placed on the Rockefeller Pool House and are already providing energy for the Mansion’s upkeep.

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LI, SUFFOLK COUNTY PASSES SAFE AND SUSTAINABLE PROCUREMENT BILL

Hauppauge, New York – March 7, 2007 - Suffolk County, in a unanimous decision, adopted a groundbreaking local law to establish a safe and sustainable procurement policy.

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NASSAU COUNTY UNANIMOUSLY PASSES A GREEN PROCUREMENT POLICY

April 2008, Nassau County Legislators unanimously passed a Green Procurement Policy. This comprehensive green effort has taken place across the Long Island region, with Suffolk County passing into law a Safe and Sustainable Purchasing bill last year.

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STUDENTS AND SCIENTISTS ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INTERN PROGRAM

In its seventh year, the Prevention Is The Cure (PITC) environmental and primary prevention campaign has mobilized community minded people in a broad based “coalition of concern” to enact change for the generations to come.  During the summer of 2007, the organization proudly launched its Students & Scientists Environmental Research Scholarship Program. Following themodel of a highly successful grassroots summer scholarship mentor program for high school students created by the Great Neck Breast Cancer Coalition, the Students & Scientists Environmental Research Scholarship Program made its maiden voyage.

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HUNTINGTON, NY –Suffolk County Legislator Steve Stern (D-Huntington) 16th LD has introduced landmark legislation to protect babies and toddlers from ingesting the synthetic estrogen Bisphenol-A (BPA) which is used in the manufacture of hard plastics such as baby bottles and “sippy” cups designed for young children. Numerous scientific studies have shown that leaching of BPA has serious health consequences such as neurobehavioral disorders, including hyperactivity and learning disorders, disorders of the prostate and uterus, links to heart disease, abnormal liver function and diabetes and increased susceptibility to breast and prostate cancer. Legislator Stern was joined by several public health and environmental advocates at a public hearing held at the legislature in support of this important initiative.

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San Francisco - A scientific review article published in the International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health shows that a host of chemicals that mimic or alter the activities of natural hormones can potentially increase breast cancer risk. A companion article outlines research and policy priorities needed to better understand and regulate these endocrine-disrupting chemicals, which are found in everything from pesticides to plastics to personal care products.

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PREVENTION IS THE CURE AND EDUCATION IS THE KEY

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WOMEN'S HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENT ARTICLE
with Karen Joy Miller on www.womenshealthandenvironment.org

PREVENTION IS THE CURE – A NATIONAL MESSAGE OF GOOD HEALTH
featured Karen Joy Miller, founder of PITC on Envirovideo TV series, for close up on full interview visit

www.envirovideo.com/envirocloseup.html

LONG ISLAND WOMEN MAKING A DIFFERENCE:
Karen Joy Miller (interview appeared in LIWA’s Issues in Focus newsletter, Winter 2007 newsletter)

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