(NaturalNews) The breast cancer research group Susan G. Komen for the Cure seems more interested in keeping its chemical industry donors happy than it is in actually finding a cure for breast cancer. A recent story in
Mother Jones explains that, despite the more than 130 scientific studies that demonstrate a clear connection between bisphenol-A (BPA) exposure and breast cancer, the group continues to deny any link between the two, and insists that BPA is safe.
Seemingly countless studies in recent years have shown that BPA, which is found in plastics, can liners, store receipts, and other consumer products, is linked to breast cancer and other diseases. The European Union (EU), Canada, and some localized areas of the US have all banned the chemical in baby products for this very reason. Even the US President's Cancer Panel in its 2010 report explains that BPA exposure can cause breast cancer, cause breast cancer cells to proliferate, and even make healthy cells act like cancer cells (
http://www.naturalnews.com/028765_environmental_chemicals_cancer.html)
But Susan G. Komen for the Cure, which collectively receives millions of dollars every year from companies like the Coca-Cola Bottling Company, General Mills, and Georgia-Pacific, all of which use BPA in their product materials, claims that BPA is safe. The group even makes the absurd statement on its website in defense of BPA that "[l]inks between plastics and cancer are often reported by the media and in email hoaxes."
Such a ridiculous statement makes a little bit more sense, though, when considering that donor Georgia-Pacific's parent company, Koch Industries, is a major manufacturer of BPA-laden epoxy resins. Manufacturing giant 3M, another major
Komen for the Cure donor, is also a member of the American Chemistry Council, a trade association that claims BPA is safe as well.
In a telephone interview with
Mother Jones, University of Missouri biology professor and
BPA export Dr. Frederick vom Saal reportedly told the magazine that Komen for the Cure's statements concerning BPA demonstrate "significant ignorance." That a foundation, whose stated goal is to find a
cure for cancer, would make such a claim is "astounding," he added.
Komen for the Cure continues to lie to women about the nature of breast cancer
Komen for the Cure is notorious for denying a link between
any chemical exposure and breast cancer, fueling instead the myth that most cases of breast
cancer are inherited. In reality, less than ten percent of breast cancer cases have a hereditary link, while the more than 90 percent of other cases have a definitive environmental link -- but Komen for the Cure apparently could not care less about the truth.
The sad reality is that the Komen Foundation, which is supported by millions of highly-driven individuals who believe the group is working in the best interests of women, continues to expose itself as nothing but a pseudo-scientific, fraudulent research group.
The organization's continual denial of sound science in favor of its own baseless opinion on the matter shows that another agenda is at work -- and it is one that, by all appearances, has no basis in actually curing or preventing
breast cancer.
Sources for this article include:http://motherjones.com/environment/2011/09/breast-cancer-komen-bpa
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