Information on this webpage is drawn from our 2005 report: Breast cancer - an environmental disease: the case for primary prevention, available free as a pdf, see Downloads. For current statistics and data, see our homepage.
Policies and projects relating to breast cancer prevention from other countries, at both national and regional levels, provide some inspiring models for the UK.
Examples of inspiring policies and projects relating to breast cancer prevention include:
- Europe: REACH (Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of Chemicals) This proposed 'new EU chemicals legislation' aims to overhaul and modernise the EU's regulatory system for chemicals and to increase protection of human health and environment from exposure to chemicals. (See our REACH page for more information)
europa.eu.int/comm/environment/chemicals/reach.htm
- Sweden: Pollution Reduction Programme
www.internat.naturvardsverket.se
- Denmark: The Danish Chemicals Strategy
www.mst.dk/homepage/
- USA: The Environmental Oncology Center
www.upci.upmc.edu
The Silent Spring Institute
www.silentspring.org
- Canada: The Toronto Cancer Prevention Coalition
www.toronto.ca/health/resources/tcpc/