Take Action!
If you are interested in helping us to bring the issues of a clean environment to the attention of cancer organizations and/or our government(s), please read on ...
Print and sign our petition asking that bisphenol A be removed from food and beverage containers.
Breast Cancer Action Montreal (BCAM) is collaborating with Environmental Defence Canada to encourage the government to designate 1,4-dioxane as ‘toxic’. Read moreSign the Environmental Defense petition.
Recently, BCAM, along with six partner organizations in women’s and environmental health, sent a letter to Procter & Gamble Canada asking them to remove 1,4-dioxane from their products (see the letter here). We are pursuing this in tandem with our U.S. partner, the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, which is also sending letters to P&G in the U.S.
Canadian Organizations Call for Asbestos Ban — Add your voice!
The most effective action is to send your own letter to the powers-that-be* with a copy to your MNA (Member of the National Assembly), and/or MP (Member of Parliament).
You can download and print a letter drafted for you by BCAM. You can choose one, or all, of the following:
- send a letter to the Health Minister asking that the federal government reject the use of 2,4-D, with a copy to the PMRA:
Pest Management Regulatory Agency
Health Canada
2720 Riverside Drive AL 6605C
Ottawa, ON
K1A 0K9
- send a letter to the federal Minister of the Environment asking that attention be paid to toxins in household cleaning products and requesting the banning of perchlorethylene ('perc') used in dry cleaning.
- send a letter to the cosmetics company of your choice asking them to sign the Compact for Safe Cosmetics and commit to eliminating carcinogens and toxins in their products. Suggested recipients are listed below.
A.G. Lafley
Chief Executive Officer
Procter & Gamble
4711 Yonge Street
Toronto, ON
M2N 6K8
(re: Olay, CoverGirl, Max Factor, Clairol)Ms. Robin Mitchell
C.O. Revlon
Consumer Products
2501 Stanfield Road
Mississauga, ON
L4Y 1R9Susan J. Knopf
President & COO
Avon Canada Inc.
5500 TransCanada Highway
Pointe Claire, QC
H9R 1B6W.P. Lauder
President & CEO
The Estee Lauder Companies Inc.
767 Fifth Avenue New York, NY
10153
(re: Aramis, Clinique, Prescriptives, Origins, M.A.C., Bobbi Brown, Tommy Hilfiger, Donna Karan, Aveda, and more)
You might also send a copy to:
Ms. Luisa Carter-Phillips
Cosmetic Program, Product Safety Bureau Health
Canada MacDonald Bldg., 4th floor AL 3504D
123 Slater Street
Ottawa, ON
K1A 0K9
- send a letter to one of the large *breast cancer funding organizations, or to a *breast cancer research organization, asking that more money be devoted to research into the environmental causes of this disease.
Manon Durocher
Executive Director
Quebec Breast Cancer Foundation
1155 boul. René-Lévesque, Suite 1003
Montreal, QC H3B 2J2
Email:info@rubanrose.orgCarol Seidman
Chief Executive Officer
Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation
(National Office)
790 Bay Street, Suite 1000
Toronto, ON M5G 1N8
E-mail: cbcf@cbcf.orgMarilyn Schneider
Executive Director
Canadian Breast Cancer Research Alliance
375 University Ave., 6th Floor
Toronto, ON M5G 2J5
Email: mschneider@cbcf.orgBarbara Whylie
Chief Executive Officer
Canadian Cancer Society
10 Alcorn Avenue, Suite 200
Toronto, ON M4V 3B1
E-mail: ccs@ottawa.cancer.caDr. Philip E. Branton
Scientific Director
Institute of Cancer Research
3655 Prom. Sir-William-Osler, #706
Montreal, QC H3G 1Y6
Email: ICR@cihr-irsc.gc.ca