If Avon claims to crusade against breast cancer, why are its cosmetics full of carcinogens?

Avon Claims to Fight Breast Cancer, So Why Are Its Products Full of Carcinogens?

ecouterre.com 19 Oct '12, 6pm

If Avon claims to crusade against breast cancer, why are its cosmetics full of carcinogens?

And what of those ubiquitous Walks for Breast Cancer? The same Massachusetts group notes that the Boston Avon Walk has raised millions of dollars, but less than 2 percent of those funds have supported environmental research related to preventing breast cancer in Massachusetts despite its high rates of the disease. “Funds raised from breast cancer walks and runs undoubtedly serve to further treatment and early detection of breast cancer (which saves more women’s lives),” Lubitow and Davis say. “However, corporate entities marketing to cancer patients and their families develop brand loyalty, generate free advertising on the part of women who participate, and discourage questions about the role of chemicals used [in] consumer products in cancer incidence.”

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