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 Latest Offerings from BCERF

• BCERF Cancer and Environment Regional Forum
  VIEW the summary of the Fall 2009 Forum that took place at Weill Hall on the Cornell University Ithaca Campus on September 22, 2009.
  
  Summaries of all Cancer and Environment Forums are available on our Summary Archive web page.



• BCERF Brief for Teachers in English and Spanish
  Breastfeeding and Other Reproductive Factors for Breast Cancer, and its Spanish counterpart, La Lactancia Materna y Otros Factores Reproductivos de Riesgo para el Cáncer del Seno are now available. The Brief results from our ongoing collaboration with education professionals in New York State.
  • DOWNLOAD full-color Brief in English (pdf)
  • DOWNLOAD full-color Brief in Spanish (pdf)
  
  
  
• BCERF Brief on Soy Phytoestrogens and Breast Cancer Risk
  Learn about sources of soy phytoestrogens (plant estrogens) in our diets and what is known about their relationship to breast cancer risk.
  • DOWNLOAD the Soy Phytoestrogen Brief (pdf)
  
  
  
• Breast Cancer and the Estrogen Connection
  VIEW these three videos to learn more about environmental estrogens found in everyday products.
  VIDEOS:
  • Estrogen Connection: Make-up and More Video
  • Estrogen Connection: Plastics Video
  • Estrogen Connection: In the Dump and Down the Drain Video
  
  DOWNLOAD these handouts to learn how to avoid environmental estrogens in everyday products and how to keep them out of our environment:
  HANDOUTS:
  • Cosmetics and More Handout (pdf)
  • Plastics and avoiding Bisphenol-A Handout (pdf)
  • In the DUMP & Down the DRAIN Handout (pdf)
  • Alternatives and Recycling Guide Handout (pdf)
  • Videos on the Web Handout (pdf)
  
  
  
• Turf Pesticides and Cancer Risk
  A new educational resource has been developed for landscaping professionals. This "BCERF Brief for Landscaping Professionals on Understanding the Cancer Risk of Turf and Lawn Care Pesticides" (Turf Brief) includes information on how cancer risk is assessed, how to find out cancer information on pesticides used in turf care and landscaping, and advice on improving communication with co-workers, clients and the community.
  • DOWNLOAD formatted Turf Brief in English (pdf)
  • VIEW Turf Brief in English (HTML)
  • VIEW Turf Brief in Spanish/Español (HTML)
  
  
  
• The Ribbon Volume 14, Issue 2, Spring/Summer 2009
  This issue of The Ribbon newsletter features a research update on exposure to the environmental estrogen Bisphenol-A, summary of a new review on the human health consequences of DDT exposure, efforts in New York State to keep pharmaceuticals out of our water supply, and the availability of a new BCERF Brief tailored to teachers on breastfeeding and other reproductive breast cancer risk factors.
  
  

  Last Update 10.26.09

Program on Breast Cancer and Environmental Risk Factors
Cornell University, College of Veterinary Medicine
Vet Box 31, Ithaca, NY 14853-6401
Phone: 607.254.2893; Fax: 607.254.4730
Email: breastcancer@cornell.edu

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