E-M:/ Environmental links to breast cancer

[marybeth@ecocenter.org (Mary Beth Doyle)]

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Enviro-Mich message from marybeth@ecocenter.org (Mary Beth Doyle)
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Andrea Martin, Founder and Executive Director of The Breast Cancer Fund,
will discuss the connection between environmental pollutants and breast
cancer in a series of talks around Michigan, January 31 through February
2nd. The
lectures are sponsored by the Ecology Center and Health Care Without Harm,
and are free and open to the public.

In 1960, a woman's lifetime risk of breast cancer was one in 20.  Today, it
is one in eight.  While most research focuses on finding a cure for the
disease, scientists and breast cancer activists are increasingly examining
the role of toxic pollutants in causing it.

In 1992, Andrea Martin, a successful attorney, restaurateur, political
fundraiser, mother and breast cancer survivor, founded The Breast Cancer
Fund. Martin and a dedicated group of board members established The Fund to
change the status quo by raising awareness and placing funds in to
innovative and promising areas of breast cancer research, education,
patient support and advocacy. The Breast Cancer Fund is especially
committed to research and advocacy efforts that can uncover and eliminate
the avoidable cause of breast cancer.

For more information about any of these events, please contact Mary Beth
Doyle, 734-663-2400 ext. 108, or e-mail marybeth@ecocenter.org.


ANN ARBOR:
Sunday, January 31, 2 p.m.- 4 p.m.
        Ecology Center annual meeting 2-4 pm.
        Vandenburg Room, Michigan League, 911 North University.

Monday, February 2, 4pm
        University of Michigan
        Kuenzel Room, Michigan Union,
        530 S. State Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Co-sponsors:    UM Undergraduate Women's Studies Dept. , Michigan
Initiative for Women's Health

DETROIT
Monday, Febuary 1, 8 pm
        Wayne State Medical School
        Graduate Classroom, Scott Hall, 540 E. Canfield
Co-sponsors:    Student PSR-Wayne State Medical School Chapter, Detroiters
Working for Environmental Justice, Sierra Club-SE Michigan Chapter

LANSING
Tuesday, February 2, noon
        Michigan State University
        Room 201, International Center, Shaw Lane
Co-sponsors:  Cancer Center at Michigan State University,  MSU Department
of Fisheries & Wildlife, MSU Office of Women in International Development

GRAND RAPIDS
Tuesday, February 2, 7 p.m.
                Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts
                41 Sheldon Rd, Grand Rapids
Co-sponsor:West Michigan Environmental Action Council



**PLEASE NOTE NEW E-MAIL ADDRESS**

Mary Beth Doyle, MPH
Environmental Health Project
Ecology Center of Ann Arbor
117 N. Division
Ann Arbor MI 48104

734-663-2400 ext 108
734-663-2414 (fax)



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