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NEW BREAST CANCER FILM In the 1950's, a woman was at a one-in-twenty risk of developing breast cancer in her lifetime. Today this risk has skyrocketed to one in eight. But seventy to eighty percent of women with breast cancer have none of the "official" risk factors. Coincidentally, over the past 50 years our world has become increasingly contaminated by toxic chemicals, like pesticides, to which we are routinely exposed. The new Canadian film, EXPOSURE: Environmental Links to Breast Cancer, examines the effects of toxics on our health and promotes the importance of primary prevention as a key strategy in stopping cancer. It is narrated and hosted by breast cancer survivor Olivia Newton-John and features physicians, epidemiologists, activists and other survivors who speak forcefully about the need for generating the social and political changes necessary for a cleaner and safer world. This powerful film played to resounding applause and ovation twice at the World Conference on Breast Cancer in Kingston, Ontario last summer. EXPOSURE is co-produced by Martha Butterfield and Francine Zuckerman in association with The Women and Environments Education and Development (WEED) Foundation. The Toronto-based group, The Women's Network on Health and the Environment, distributes the 53 minute film. You can see EXPOSURE in Charlottetown on Wednesday, March 25 at 7:00 pm at the Inn on the Hill. The viewings are sponsored by Earth Action and Women's Network PEI. For more information contact Sharon Labchuk at 621-0719.
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