Less Pink. More Research.
On October 8, 2008, President George W. Bush signed the Breast Cancer and Environmental Research Act of 2008 into law.
After nearly a decade of fighting to pass the Breast Cancer and Environmental Research Act, the National Breast Cancer Coalition is disappointed that the version of the bill that passed both the House and Senate is not the bill that had the support of NBCC, or of 287 Members of Congress and 70 Senators. We greatly appreciate the time and efforts of those who have worked for so many years to pass legislation that would create an innovative approach to examining the links between breast cancer and the environment. The bill that ultimately was enacted into law, does not accomplish the goals set out by the NBCC-supported legislation. The bill that was enacted does not create the grant program or structure that would produce a coherent, national strategy to address the possible links between breast cancer and the environment. It does not focus solely on breast cancer and the environment. While it may be a small step toward some type of reform, it ultimately misses an opportunity to create an innovative model at NIH that could potentially lead to the answers we so desperately need.
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