What about other risk factors? It may be awhile before scientists are able to nail down the environmental causes of breast cancer. But in the meantime, there’s evidence that plenty of other everyday risk factors, such as exercise, alcohol, and weight, come into play. The thread that connects most of these to breast cancer is [...]

Seeking a Safer World Now While encouraged by the increased scientific attention to environmental risks, breast cancer activists refuse to wait around until all the findings are in. They are insisting that policy makers begin acting on the precautionary principle by avoiding the use of potently harmful chemicals now. Last year, San Francisco and Berkeley [...]

Rachel’s Daughters Nancy Evans, produced a film called Rachel’s Daughters, which followed eight women with breast cancer as they visited prominent researchers and quizzed them about the roots of the disease. She and her collaborators grew increasingly frustrated as one expert after another was unable to offer definite answers, despite an abundance of suspected causes: [...]