Great Neck Breast Cancer Coalition

Richard Stevens, Ph.D -- will present on "Light at Night", the latest research on how light at night affects melatonin levels which may increase our risk of getting breast cancer. Omni Building, 333 Earle Ovington Blvd., Uniondale. For more information, e-mail info@greatneckbcc.org

May 12, 2006 - News: Going, Going, Green
You might expect that only people who work in occupations that expose them to a myriad chemicals or people who live adjacent to Superfund sites would be found to have high levels of chemicals in their blood and urine. But research done by the Centers for Disease Control and the Environmental Working Group in Washington D.C. shows that measurable levels of 148 chemicals have been found in ordinary Americans of all ages, in all places. The measure of pollution in people is called "body burden." FULL STORY

September 21, 2006, 9:30 A.M.
Richard Stevens, Ph.D -- will present on "Light at Night", the latest research on how light at night affects melatonin levels which may increase our risk of getting breast cancer. Omni Building, 333 Earle

Date: Tuesday, May 16th 7:00 - 9:00 P.M.
Event: "For Our Kid's Sake...Cooking Healthy Meals"

Do you wonder how to get your kids to eat more fruits, vegetables and whole grains? This evening we will cook a breakfast, a main course and a dessert while we are sharing recipe ideas. Co-sponsored by the Great Neck Breast Cancer Coalition with Prevention is the Cure Week. Free. Limited enrollment. RSVP: Lisa and Ed Bernstein - 516-466-8122

Date: May 18th, 2006, 9:30 A.M.
Event: The Long Island Breast Cancer Network presents a lecture on:
Cell Phones and Cancer: Who Speaks for Public Health?

Guest Speaker: Louis Slesin, Ph.D, editor of Microwave News
Place: Omni Building, 333 Earle Ovington Blvd., Uniondale, N.Y., Lower lobby conference room

Louis Slesin, expert on the effect of electromagnetic fields and public health, will discuss the latest research on cell phones and cancer risks. Dr. Slesin is the founder of Microwave News, a bimonthly newsletter on the biological effects of non-ionizing electromagnetic radiation, with special emphasis on power lines and cellular phones. For four years, Dr. Slesin served as a scientist for the Natural Resources Defense Council in the department of regulation of toxic chemicals, recombinant DNA technology and non-ionizing electromagnetic radiation. He has written articles in Technology Review, Columbia Journalism Review, Family Circle, Amicus Journal and several others.
RSVP: Barbara Balaban – bjbalaban@suscom.net
or Laura Weinberg – LPW513@aol.com

Date: November 9th- 11th , 2005
Event: Emerging Concepts in Breast Cancer & the Environment

GNBCC displays a poster explaining the student/scientist scholarship program, while Karen Brachot and Leah Goldman, students from Great Neck, display a poster on their 2005 summer experience at Dr.Ana Soto’s Laboratory at Tufts University Medical Center.