skip to main content

Natural Resources Defense Council

Switchboard

Frances Beinecke's Blog

Tags: estrogen

Breast Cancer Risk and the Air We Breathe

May 5, 2009

Posted by Frances Beinecke in Health and the Environment

Tags:
americanlungassociation, asthma, breastcancer, diesel, dieselexhaust, estrogen, PAHs, pollution, simplesteps, smog

Last week, the American Lung Association came out with its annual State of the Air report, and concluded that six out of every ten Americans live in communities with unhealthy air. I read these results not only as the head...continued

What's Worse than Chemo? A Common Toxin that Renders It Less Effective

December 16, 2008

Posted by Frances Beinecke in Health and the Environment , Living Sustainably

Tags:
babybottles, bisphenol-a, BPA, breastcancer, chemotherapy, endocrinedisruptors, estrogen, plasticbottles, simplesteps, toxins, waterbottles

I had breast cancer almost ten years ago, and I found chemotherapy to be more trying than I could have imagined. I prefer to leave it in the past, but recent reports brought it all back and triggered an alarming...continued

Calling a Toxin a Toxin: BPA Gets the Name It Deserves

April 17, 2008

Posted by Frances Beinecke in Health and the Environment , Living Sustainably

Tags:
babybottles, bisphenol-a, BPA, breastcancer, endocrinedisruptors, estrogen, healthcanada, nationaltoxicologyprogram, plasticbottles, simplesteps, syntheticestrogen

It’s been a bad week for bisphenol-A, and that’s a good thing. Not one but two government agencies came out for the first time publicly saying that this chemical--found in plastic water bottles, canned food, and numerous baby products--could harm...continued