Dear Friends:

Science News published a letter to the editor from one of our medical advisers concerning a politically incorrect kind of pollution - a type of estrogen widely used in oral contraceptives.  Estrogen has been on the nation's list of "known carcinogens" for approximately six years.

It would be interesting to ask leaders of the cancer fundraising industry, particularly those who previously worked for Planned Parenthood or NARAL Pro-Choice America, what (if anything) they've done to raise awareness about this kind of pollution. 

For instance, Breast Cancer Action, which does not tell women the truth about the link between abortion and breast cancer, has long blamed environmental pollutants for the breast cancer epidemic.

Other organizations, like Susan G. Komen for the Cure and the American Cancer Society, give funds to the polluter, Planned Parenthood, which sells women cancer-causing oral contraceptives and abortions.

Professor Joel Brind's letter to the editor appears
below.

Sincerely,
Karen Malec
Coalition on Abortion/Breast Cancer

ABORTION-BREAST CANCER NEWS HEADLINES

Letter to the Editor
By Joel Brind, PhD, president, Breast Cancer Prevention Institute
Science News
May 5, 2007; 171:287

"The Worst Part"

Among estrogenic pollutants ("Traces of Trouble" S/N: 3/10/07, p. 152), by far the worst offender is 17-alpha ethinyl estradiol, the most common estrogen in oral contraceptives used by tens of millions of women.  This synthetic steroid is of necessity non-biodegradable, at least by human liver.  Otherwise, it would not work as a pill.

JOEL BRIND, CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK, NEW YORK, NY

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