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Alex's
Lemonade Stand Foundation for Childhood Cancer In 2000, a 4 year
old cancer patient named Alexandra "Alex" Scott
announced a seemingly simple idea -she was holding a lemonade stand
to raise money to help "her doctors" find a cure for kids
with cancer. The idea was put into action by Alex and her older brother,
Patrick, when they set up the first "Alex's Lemonade Stand for
Childhood Cancer" on their front lawn in July of 2000.
For the
next four years, despite her deteriorating health, Alex held an annual
lemonade stand to raise money for childhood cancer research.
Following her inspirational example, thousands of lemonade stands
and other fundraising events have been held across the country by children,
schools, businesses, and organizations, all to benefit Alex's Lemonade
Stand Foundation for childhood cancer. On August 1st, 2004, Alex
died
peacefully at the age of 8 -- she had raised over $1 million for
childhood cancer research in her short lifetime.
I'm Too
Young For This A TIME Magazine Best 50 Website for 2007,
the I'm Too Young
For This! Cancer Foundation, i[2]y, is the nation's fastest growing
advocacy, support and research organization working exclusively
on behalf of survivors and care providers under the
age of 40.
Men
Against Breast Cancer MABC recognizes breast cancer is a family
issue that devastates the entire family. Our philosophy is to leverage
the support
of the whole
family to help the patient, with special emphasis on the important
role of the husband/partner in caring for the woman he loves.
At the same time, MABC recognizes and supports that the ultimate
decisions
regarding treatment and care are those of the patient.
Environmental
Oncology Newsletters Healthy choices and healthy lifestylesnewsletters
published three times annually by the University of Pittsburgh Cancer
Institute.
Cancer Studies Centers
The
National Cancer Institute Cancer Centers Program The
NCI-designated Cancer Centers are a major source of discovery of
the nature of cancer and of the development
of more effective approaches to cancer prevention, diagnosis,
and therapy. They also deliver medical advances to patients and
their
families, educate health-care professionals and the public, and
reach out to underserved populations. They are characterized by
strong
organizational capabilities, institutional commitment, and trans-disciplinary,
cancer-focused science; experienced scientific and administrative
leadership, and state-of-the-art cancer research and patient
care facilities.
The
University of Colorado Cancer Center's AMC Cancer Prevention & Control
Program is the umbrella for all cancer prevention, cancer
control and cancer survivorship programs. The AMC Cancer Prevention & Control
Program is unique in that it is a joint effort of the University
of Colorado Cancer Center and the AMC Cancer Research Center,
a freestanding nonprofit organization that operates under UCCC.
Memorial
Sloan-Kettering offers care that is unequaled
in depth of experience and skill in the treatment of cancer affecting
children,
teenagers, and young adults. Pediatric oncologists, surgeons, radiation
oncologists, pathologists, and other sub-specialists work together
to maximize each patient's chance of a cure.
The Sidney Kimmel
Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins has
been dedicated to better understanding human cancers and finding
more effective treatments. One of only 39 cancer centers in the country
designated by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) as a Comprehensive
Cancer Center, the Kimmel Cancer Center has active programs in clinical
research, laboratory research, education, community outreach, and
prevention and control.
A new name for Cancer Research and Prevention Foundation
to the Prevent
Cancer Foundation to better communicate our groundbreaking work
in cancer prevention. The Prevent Cancer Foundation funds vital
research that has resulted in a greater understanding of the disease.
They have supported more than 300 promising scientists at more than
150 leading universities and medical centers across the country. Over
the years, they have provided more than $97 million in support of cancer
prevention research, education and outreach programs nationwide and
has played a pivotal role in developing a body of knowledge that is
the basis for important prevention and early detection strategies.
The
e.hormone web site, hosted and run by the Tulane/Xavier
Center for Bioenvironmental Research, is a central conduit
providing accurate, timely information and educational resources
to keep our international audience at the cutting edge of environmental
signaling research. The site is one part of the CBR's Environmental
Signaling Network, a multifaceted program that aims to integrate
the vast interdisciplinary signaling field by fostering communication
and promoting scientific advancements.
University
of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI)
the only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer
Center in
western Pennsylvania.
Since 1985, the UPCI has been
committed to improving the understanding of how cancer develops;
to characterizing new lifesaving approaches for cancer prevention,
detection,
diagnosis
and treatment; and to educating future generations of scientists
and clinicians.
Why Pittsburgh? The
University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute is the “lesscancer” frontier
with some of the best and cutting edge research in the area of
prevention. Pittsburgh has become the environmental health center
in tackling
some of the most challenging issues.
The Case for Precaution in the Use of Cell Phones
Advice from University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute Based on Advice
from an International Expert Panel
Studies in humans do not indicate that cell phones are safe, nor do
they yet clearly show that they are dangerous. But, growing evidence
indicates that we should reduce exposures, while research continues
on this important question.
The National Cancer Institute states that 2/3 of
all cancers have an environmental cause. For
more information about
the University
of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute's Center for Environmental Oncology.
Karmonos Cancer Institute Wayne State University Detroit Michigan is designated by
the National Cancer Institute as among the very best cancer centers
in the United States. Ranked by the
National Research Corporation as metro Detroit's most preferred
cancer center.
University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center provides its patients comprehensive
diagnostic, treatment and support services. Drawing on the strengths
of the
U-M faculty, the Cancer Center has assembled a team of specialists
who are leaders in their fields to unravel the threat of
cancer and to provide care and comfort to those it afflicts.
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Camps
Camp Mak-A-Dream first
welcomed cancer patients to it's beautiful facility in western Montana
back in July of 1995. This year marks the
12th Camp season offering cost-free programs for children, teens and
young adults with cancer. The camp is operated by Children's Oncology
Camp Foundation and is a medically supervised, cost-free camp for children
(ages 6-13),
teens (ages 14-18) and young adults (ages 18-25) with cancer and their
siblings (ages 6-17). The facility is located approximately 65 miles
east of Missoula, Montana on I-90 at the Gold Creek exit, just 3/4
of a mile south of the Interstate.
General
Cancer Information
Ecologist, author, and cancer survivor, Sandra
Steingraber, Ph.D. is an internationally recognized expert on the environmental
links to cancer and reproductive health. She received her doctorate
in biology from the University of Michigan and master's degree in English
from Illinois State University.
Steingraber's highly acclaimed book, Living Downstream:
An Ecologist Looks at Cancer and the Environment presents
cancer as a human rights issue. It was the first to bring together
data on toxic releases
with newly released data from U.S. cancer registries. Living Downstream won
praise from international media, including The
Washington Post, the Nation, The Chicago Tribune, Kirkus Reviews, Publishers
Weekly,
The Lancet, and The London Times. In 1997, Steingraber was named
a Ms.
Magazine Woman of the Year. In 1998, she received from the Jenifer
Altman foundation the first annual Altman Award for "the inspiring
and poetic use of science to elucidate the causes of cancer," and
from the New England chapter of the American Medical Writers Association,
the Will Solimene Award for "excellence in medical communication." In
1999, the Sierra Club heralded Steingraber as "the new Rachel
Carson." And in 2001, Carson's own alma mater, Chatham College,
selected Steingraber to receive its biennial Rachel Carson Leadership
Award.
The
National Cancer Institute's research programs are extensive and contain many innovative
initiatives.
The
Commonweal Cancer Help Program (CCHP) is a week-long
retreat for people with cancer. Their goal is to help
participants live
better and, where possible, longer lives. The Cancer
Help Program addresses the unmet needs of people with
cancer. These include
finding balanced information on choices in healing, mainstream
and complementary therapies; exploring emotional and
spiritual dimensions of cancer; discovering that illness
can sometimes
lead to a richer and fuller life; and experiencing genuine
community with others facing a cancer diagnosis.
Washington
Toxics Coalition protects public health and the environment
by eliminating toxic pollution. WTC promotes alternatives, advocates
policies, empowers communities, and educates people to create a
healthy environment.
The overarching mission of the Harvard
School of Public Health is to advance the public's health
through learning, discovery, and communication. Their objectives
are:
- to provide the highest level of education
to public health scientists, practitioners, and leaders
- to foster new discoveries leading to improved
health for the people of this country and all nations
- to strengthen health capacities and services
for communities
- to inform policy debate, disseminate health
information, and increase awareness of public health as a public
good and fundamental right.
The
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health As the world's
population and consumer demand continue to grow, there is urgent
need to improve human health, prevent disease, and meet basic needs for food,
water and shelter equitably for all people. The challenge of our time
is to meet these goals as population increases while protecting the environment,
preserving biodiversity, and conserving finite resources to meet the needs
of future generations.
The
Collaborative on Health & the Environment The new CHE Toxicant and Disease
Database is a searchable database that summarizes links between
chemical contaminants and approximately 180 human
diseases or conditions.
Cancer Clusters is a term used by epidemiologists,
statisticians, and public health workers to define an occurrence of
a greater-than-expected number of cancer
cases within a group of people in a geographic area over a period of time.
The Clean Air Council is the leading environmental
organization in Pennsylvania forcing the state and federal government
to fully implement the Clean Air Act.
Ralph Lauren works to improve community understanding
about cancer risks and prevention by reaching out to individuals,
community leaders, community groups and religious institutions
in and around
Harlem.
National
Geographic's Healthy Living As
part of its ongoing mission to inspire people to care about the
planet, National Geographic Society acquired the
Green Guide in
March 2007. Dubbed
the "green living source for today's conscious consumer ,
The Green Guide is an invaluable resource for men and women, from young
adults
to grandparents, striving for a healthy and “ "greener" lifestyle.
It is our collective vision that one day The Green Guide will be, for
millions of consumers, the go-to source of information about practical
everyday,
environmentally responsible and health-minded product choices and actions.
The goal is to ensure that The Green Guide and www.thegreenguide.com
serve as your most practical, reliable, and trustworthy content source
for product
choices and daily practices that are better for health and the environment.
California
Breast Cancer Research Program, University of California located
in Oakland, CA, United States
The
Cancer Prevention and Education Society — Stopping
Cancer At Its Source
The
Cancer Prevention Coalition which
opened its national office in Chicago in July 1994, is a unique
nationwide
coalition
of
leading independent experts in cancer prevention and public health,
together with citizen activists and representatives of organized
labor, public interest, environmental, and women's health groups.
The Coalition
has about 100 local offices in the U.S., as well as international
offices. Chairman:
Samuel S. Epstein, M.D., Founder of the Coalition, is an expert
on the causes and prevention of cancer.
Awards
Scientific Publications
The
Sunwise Program is an environmental
and health education program that aims to teach the public how to protect
themselves from overexposure to the
sun through the use of classroom-, school-, and community-based components.
The
Center for Health, Environment and Justice is
the only national environmental organization that was founded and
is led
by a grassroots
leader. Lois Gibbs founded CHEJ after winning the nation's first community
relocation of 900 families due to a leaking toxic waste dump in Love Canal,
New York. Through this effort she also woke up the nation to recognize
the link between people's
exposures to dangerous chemicals in the community setting and serious
public health impacts.
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Children's Health & Pediatric Cancer
The Children's Hospital Center for Cancer and Blood
Disorders
Our Center garners local, regional, national and international respect
for its treatment and care of children, adolescents and young adults
with cancer and non-malignant blood diseases, such as hemophilia and
sickle cell anemia. The Center is the only dedicated pediatric cancer
center in the Rocky Mountain region, and it is home to numerous specialized
programs, which provide state-of-the-art methods for diagnosing and
treating complex diseases.
Healthy
Child Healthy World is dedicated to protecting the
health and well being of children from harmful environmental exposures.
We educate parents, support
protective policies, and engage communities to make responsible decisions, simple
everyday choices, and well-informed lifestyle improvements to create healthy
environments where children and families can flourish.
Healthy
Toys developed because children's products should not contain
toxic chemicals! No government agency is adequately assuring that
children's products do not contain harmful chemicals. Nor does any
agency require labeling or disclosure to inform consumers about the
chemical components of children's products. HealthyToys.org was launched
to address the failures of our current system to regulate chemicals
in products.
HealthyToys.org is a first step in providing parents,
grandparents, and others who care about children with the information
they need to
make better choices when purchasing toys and other children's products.
St.
Jude is unlike any other pediatric treatment and research facility
anywhere. Discoveries made here have completely changed how the world treats
children with cancer and other catastrophic diseases.
University
of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center For fifty years the Children's
Cancer Hospital has focused on just that through pediatric cancer
research and programs research
into preventing as well as treating cancer and programs to restore balance to
a child's life after a cancer diagnosis.
Sloan
Kettering offers care that is unequaled in depth of experience
and skill in the treatment of cancer affecting children, teenagers, and young
adults. Pediatric oncologists, surgeons, radiation oncologists, pathologists,
and other sub-specialists work together to maximize each patient's chance of
a cure.
Johns
Hopkins The Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Care Center has been
dedicated to better understanding human cancers and finding more effective treatments.
One of only 39 cancer centers in the country designated by the National Cancer
Institute (NCI) as a Comprehensive Cancer Center, the Kimmel Cancer Center has
active programs in clinical research, laboratory research, education, community
outreach, and prevention and control.
Childrens
Hospital of Michigan Hematology/Oncology The Division
of Hematology/Oncology at Children’s Hospital of Michigan
is a national and international leader in the field. Over the years, the program
has made major contributions to the understanding and treatment of pediatric
blood diseases and cancer.
For More information on the care and cure for pediatric cancer go to Cure Search
Breast Cancer
Susan
G. Komen for the Cure — Komen for the Cure wanted to understand
the relationship between environmental factors and breast cancer,
and where additional research or improved research
methods are needed.
Add More Voices to the Breast Cancer Movement
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Environmental
Oncology
The
purpose of the Center
for Environmental Oncology at the
University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute is to promote
further research on the environmental causes of cancer
and educate
the public about what we already have learned. Specific
goals of the Center for Environmental Oncology include:
promoting and performing research that identifies causes
of cancer
in the environment; teaching health professionals how to
look for environmental risk factors in their patients;
informing patients, their families and communities about
cancer risks
and ways to reduce their chance of recurrence; providing
healthy options regarding exercise, nutrition and avoidable
chemical exposures; evaluating public policies to determine
how they affect the environment and health; and testing
ways of reducing cancer risk through "greening" buildings,
including hospitals.
Living Green
HuffPost
Green features
up-to-the-minute news stories, blog posts, video, and community forums.
The focus is on eco news and trends -- from the latest scientific findings
and environmental legislation to the latest green lifestyle tips. The
section will also feature advice on sustainable investing and highlight
eco-friendly businesses such as renewable energy, green building, recycling
and organics.
Toxic chemical pollution threatens every American
family and every community. In 2005 alone, more than 923 million pounds
of cancer-causing chemicals were
released into our air and water. Sierra
Club's Toxics website provides
information on a variety of toxics-related subjects including lead
in kids products,
Superfund,
Brownfields
redevelopment,
hazardous substances, public health as related to toxics in our environment
and many other issues.
Does
your sunscreen work? An investigation of nearly
1,000 brand-name sunscreen products finds
that 4 out of 5 contain chemicals that may pose health hazards or
don't adequately protect skin from the sun's damaging rays. Some
of the worst
offenders are leading brands like Coppertone, Banana Boat, and Neutrogena.
More than a million cases of skin cancer are diagnosed in the U.S.
every
year, but FDA still hasn't finalized sunscreen standards first
announced 30 years ago. Meanwhile, companies are free to claim but
not provide broad spectrum protection. Until FDA requires that all
sunscreens be safe and effective, Environmental Working Group's comprehensive
sunscreen guide—including a list of 143 products that offer very
good sun protection—fills in the gaps.
Ideal Bite offers
bite-sized ideas for light green living. Would you just love to "do
the right thing" for yourself
and the planet if it were convenient, fun, inexpensive, and
made you feel good? But until now you have lacked a good source of
advice for real people leading busy lives.
National
Geographic's Healthy Living As
part of its ongoing mission to inspire people to care about
the planet, National Geographic Society acquired the Green
Guide in March 2007. Dubbed the "green living source for
today's conscious consumer , The Green Guide is an invaluable
resource for men and women, from young adults to grandparents,
striving for a healthy and " "greener" lifestyle.
It is our collective vision that one day The Green Guide will
be, for millions of consumers, the go-to source of information
about practical everyday, environmentally responsible and health-minded
product choices and actions. The goal is to ensure that The
Green Guide serves
as your most practical, reliable, and trustworthy content source
for product choices and daily practices that are better for
health and the environment.
Environmental News Network — Health & Lifestyle
Channel provides
news and information about how to live a healthier more environmentally
friendly lifestyle.
SafeLawns.org
for a healthier planet hopes
to create a broad-based coalition of non- and for-profit
organizations committed to educating society about the
benefits of organic lawn care and gardening, and effect
a quantum change in consumer and industry behavior.
Local
Motion — Better
health through fewer toxins
Safe Cosmetics
About
the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics — a coalition of women’s,
public health, labor, environmental health and consumer-rights groups.
Our
goal is to protect the health of consumers and workers by requiring
the health and beauty industry to phase out the use of chemicals linked
to cancer, birth defects and other health problems, and replace them
with safer alternatives.
Personal care products like
shampoo, conditioner, after shave, lotion and makeup are not regulated
by the FDA or any
other government agency. It is perfectly legal and very common for
companies to use ingredients that are known or suspected to be carcinogens,
mutagens or reproductive toxins in the their products. Consumers buy
these products at drug stores, grocery stores, online or in salons,
usually without questioning the product’s safety.
Public
Health
The mission of the Environmental
Working Group (EWG) is to use the power of public information
to protect public health and the environment. EWG is a 501(c)(3)
non-profit organization, founded
in 1993 by Ken Cook and Richard Wiles. EWG specializes in providing
useful resources (like Skin
Deep and
the Shoppers' Guide to Pesticides
in Produce to consumers while simultaneously pushing for national policy change.
CHEC was
founded in 2004 under a grant from the Heinz Endowments at the University
of Pittsburgh's Graduate School of Public Health. Our mission
is to improve environmental health in Western Pennsylvania. We
take a community-based approach to social as well as physical aspects
of local environmental health. Our aim is to offer access to local
environmental health data, opportunities for collaboration and
conferencing, and outreach that helps people improve their lives
and neighborhoods.
Research
National
Cancer Institute's Research Programs
Cancer Centers exist to foster cancer-focused research, in part through the creation
of formal programs. A program comprises the activities of a group of investigators
who share common scientific interests and goals and participate in competitively
funded research. Programs should be highly interactive and lead to exchange of
information, experimental techniques, and ideas that enhance the individual productivity
of scientists and result in collaborations and joint publications.
Stand
Up To Cancer
Stand
Up To Cancer,
a new initiative to raise philanthropic dollars for accelerating
ground-breaking research, launches today through an unprecedented
collaboration uniting the major television networks, entertainment
industry executives, celebrities and prominent leaders in cancer
research and patient advocacy. ABC, CBS and NBC will donate one hour
of simultaneous commercial-free primetime for a nationally televised
fundraising event to air on September 5, 2008 (8 pm EDT and PDT),
aimed at rallying the public around the goal of ending cancer's reign
as a leading cause of death.
Network evening news anchors Charles
Gibson, Katie Couric and Brian Williams will announce the initiative
together during live appearances
today on ABC's "Good Morning America," CBS's "The
Early Show," and NBC's "TODAY show." 
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