This week’s Breast Cancer Prevention post comes from our girl Megan Pischke. She discusses with us the huge impact that plastic has on our bodies and our environments. She’s got tons of great tips on how we can help reduce our use of plastic items and truly make a difference!
We’re here to help spread the word about how a healthy active lifestyle is the best way to prevent breast cancer. Living green is a huge part of living a healthy lifestyle and is one of our 7 Steps to Step Out Breast Cancer. Luckily, there are simple steps you can take that will dramatically decrease the amount of plastic waste you generate and help you live an overall greener life!
The P I N K Mizu bottle benefiting B4BC is finally back in stock, as shown by Team B4BC rider Jamie Anderson! Snag one today, and check out the Mizu Life blog for an in-depth interview with B4BC’s Executive Director Erika Frantz Seward to learn how plastics, chemicals, diet and exercise affect your cancer risk—and just why we love Mizu bottles so much: www.bit.ly/pinkmizu
When it comes to the products you put on your body, skin, or hair, one thing’s for sure: most companies that makes those products don’t have your back. Heather White, Executive Director of the Environmental Working Group, explains why our lotions, makeup, and shampoos are loaded with dangerous chemicals, why babies are born with hundreds…
We know we spend a lot of time on the ladies here at B4BC, but as it turns out, men use an average of 6 personal care products a day that are chock-full of toxins and contributing to your cancer risk. Whether it be your deodorant, aftershave or lotion, we got the inside scoop on how to shop chemical-free from GOOD, who’s motto on the topic is “If you don’t want to do it for the planet, or yourself, do it for your sperm.” You heard it here first, gentlemen. Read on to see the Man Guide to Non-Toxic Shopping.
You already know that pesticides are bad for you, linked to cancer and should be washed off your grub…but how do you wash off chemicals that are inserted into the DNA of your produce? It doesn’t help that 26% of Americans don’t even know that there are GMOs inside their food. Read our cheat sheet on how and why you should shop organic, and the top products to avoid!
Article and photos courtesy of www.safecosmetics.org Our friends at Campaign for Safe Cosmetics put together a handy guide to what Triclosan is and why you should avoid this hormone disruptor! Triclosan is unregulated, linked to breast cancer, and completely unnecessary in your daily cosmetics. Read your labels and get it out of your life! Article from Campaign…
Did you know the average woman wears 515 chemicals a day? 5-1-5. What?! Of the 82,000 ingredients found in beauty products, one in eight is an industrial chemical. Our skin absorbs 60 percent of any topical product we use, which often contain chemicals linked to cancer or hormone disruption.
Advertisers spent an astonishing $144 billion in 2011 to entice shoppers to buy more and more stuff, and there is shockingly little regulation on how they are able to label their products, and what toxic chemicals go in them.
B4BC Team Rider Kimmy Fasani was an article for Burton Girls about her experience at the Green Sports Alliance Summit, focusing on ways to make small lifestyle changes and live greener! Today, we’re trying #1, #3 and #5. What will you try today?
Remember, Healthy Earth = Healthy You!
The subject of antiperspirants and deodorants and breast cancer is a little confusing, to say the least. There were some Internet rumors that started around 1999 that antiperspirants cause breast cancer and that you should stop using those products immediately. This caused a stir in the scientific community and the public wanted to know first: is this true? When the scientific community said they just plain “didn’t know,” the public pressured for studies to be done. But the studies done were not “done” very well, and usually funded by companies that had a hand in the billion dollar antiperspirant industry. This lead to conflicting results. Here are the facts…you make your decision.