From Pink to Green: Disease Prevention and the Environmental Breast Cancer Movement

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From Pink to Green Critical Issues in Health and Medicine Edited by Rima D. Apple, University of Wisconsin–Madison, and Janet Golden, Rutgers University, Camden Growing criticism of the U.S. healthcare system is coming from consumers, politicians, the media, activists, and healthcare professionals. Critical Issues in Health and Medicine is a collection of books that explores these contemporary dilemmas from a variety of perspectives, among them political, legal, historical, sociological, and comparative, and with attention to crucial dimensions such as race, gender, ethnicity, sexuality, and culture. For a list of titles in the series, see the last page of the book. Rutgers University Press New Brunswick, New Jersey, and London From Pink to Green Disease Prevention and the Environmental Breast Cancer Movement Barbara L. Ley Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Ley, Barbara L., 1972– From pink to green : disease prevention and the environmental breast cancer movement / Barbara L. Ley. p.; cm. — (Critical issues in health and medicine) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978–0–8135–4530–1 (hardcover : alk. paper)— ISBN 978–0–8135–4531–8 (pbk.: alk. paper) 1. Breast—Cancer—United States—History—20th century. 2. Breast—Cancer—United States—History—21st century. 3. Breast—Cancer—Environmental aspects. 4. Breast— Cancer—Prevention. 5. Environmentalism—United States. I. Title. II. Series. [DNLM: 1. Breast Neoplasms—history—United States. 2. Breast Neoplasms—etiology— United States. 3. Breast Neoplasms—prevention & control—United States. 4. Consumer Participation—history—United States. 5. Environmental Exposure—United States. 6. History, 20th Century—United States. 7. History, 21st Century—United States. WP 11 AA1 L681f 2009] RC280.B8L49 2009 362.196'99449—dc22 2008040063 A British Cataloging-in-Publication record for this book is available from the British Library. Copyright © 2009 by Barbara L. Ley All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without written permission from the publisher. Please contact Rutgers University Press, 100 Joyce Kilmer Avenue, Piscataway, NJ 08854–8099. The only exception to this prohibition is “fair use” as defined by U.S. copyright law. Visit our Web site: http://rutgerspress.rutgers.edu Manufactured in the United States of America For Paul ...