A column on Breast Cancer Fund’s work on breast cancer and the environment. By Jeanne Rizzo, Huffington Post.
Toxic chemicals, found in everything from cleaners to furniture to plastics, endlessly bombard our bodies and take a toll on our health. A strong and rapidly growing consensus from the scientific community has determined that chemicals in everyday products are linked to diseases and disorders that persist or are on the rise in the population, including breast cancer, infertility, asthma and more. Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., convened a full-day hearing with experts in public health about the failure of the law governing chemicals, the Toxic Substances Control Act, (TSCA), which stems from a number of factors, including the very basic flaw that chemicals don’t have to be proven safe first before they are brought to market.