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EVENTS
September 16, 9:30 - 12 Noon, Long Island Breast Cancer Network meeting, Omni Building, 333 Ovington Blvd, Lower Level, Uniondale NY. For more info, email: lpw513@gmail.com or marijosh@optonline.net.
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September 30th, 6:30 PM, Gilda's Club, New York City, 195 West Houston Street
New York City, Presentation by GNBCC president, Laura Weinberg: "Breast Cancer and the Environment: What Is the Link?". For more information, call: (212) 647-9700
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NEWS
Two LI women have long fought for bisphenol-A ban
Aug 6, 2010 ... Long Islanders Laura Weinberg and Karen Joy Miller were campaigning against the plasticizing agent bisphenol-A, or BPA, long before it ...
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STORY (pdf)
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NYS Breast Cancer Network: BPA-Free Children And Babies Act
After an intense period of negotiations among New York State legislators, we have a historic win for families across this state. New York State Governor Paterson signed the Bisphenol-A Free Children and Babies Act (S.3296H Thompson, Buffalo), and A.6919D (Engelbright, Setauket) into law, making New York the first State to pass comprehensive BPA legislation.
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STORY (pdf)
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Upland Block Party Fundraiser Photos May 22nd
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Nassau Science Exploration Day on May 17th
Laura Weinberg, President of GNBCC, speaking to high school students about toxic ingredients in cosmetics and safer alternatives at Hofstra University for Nassau Science Exploration Day on May 17th. GNBCC which has presented at this annual, educational event for the past seven years was one of 40 presenters.
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Great Neck South Middle School Cabaret Night on May 4th
Great Neck South Middle School Cabaret Night on May 4th at Cafe Rustica. Musical Director Shelley Willcox and South Middle School Vocalists are pictured here.
 
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Laura Weinberg, President of GNBCC received on April 23rd, an "Environmental Quality Award"
 Laura Weinberg, President of GNBCC received on April 23rd, an "Environmental Quality Award" from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA-Region 2). Weinberg received this award with Karen Miller of Huntington Breast Cancer Action Coalition and Beth Fiteni of the Long Island Neighborhood Network. The award was given for environmental programs that Weinberg, Miller and Fiteni worked on as a team to enhance public health. The award was given by Judith Enck, U.S. EPA Regional Director.
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GNBCC Board Members at Great Neck Public Library
film presentation of
"Dear Talula" with film producer, Lori Benson:
 (left to right): Barbara Masry, (honorary
president) Colette Thaw (sec'y), Lisa Levine-Bernstein, V.P.
of GNBCC, Lori Benson (film producer of "Dear Talula"),
Laura Weinberg, president of GNBCC, Gloria Gersman
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President's Cancer Panel highlights everyday exposures to environmental pollutants and cancer
On May 6th, the President's Cancer Panel—a watchdog group of advisors charged with monitoring the National Cancer Program—released a groundbreaking report, Reducing Environmental Cancer Risk: What We Can Do Now.
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STORY
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Green is the New Pink: Breast Cancer & The Environment
On Tuesday, September 22nd, Women At Risk and theYoung Survival Coalition partnered to host Green is the New Pink: Breast Cancer & the Environment, a workshop that presented a comprehensive overview of the links between environmental factors and breast cancer and provided attendees with information for avoiding harmful exposures in their daily lives.
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STORY
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Giving to Charity or To Big Business?
Friday, 05 February 2010- Chumming for Dollars
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STORY
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Launch of Mount Sinai’s
Center for Excellence in Children’s Environmental Health
at North Shore Medical Group
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STORY
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Israel Proposes
law to Require Labeling Cleaning Product Ingredients
Legislation that
would force the companies that manufacture household cleaning
products to list ingredients on labels has been proposed.
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CRAAB!'S ADVOCACY
FOCUSES ON ENVIRONMENTAL LINKS TO CANCER
On March 24, NYSBCN held it's 11th Annual
NYS Breast Cancer Advocacy Day at the State Capital, where
Jane Houlihan, of the Environmental Working Group (EWG), stunned
participants with her presentation entitled, "It's In
Us: Chemical and Our Bodies," ....
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STORY (pdf)
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BPA FIRST IN THE NATION
BAN SIGNED BY SC LEGISLATOR STEVE LEVY 
We’re on the move!!!! There’s
no stopping us now…
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BPA-free Bottle Bill
signing in Suffolk County 
March 30, 2009
(Left to Right) Karen Miller of Huntington
Breast Cancer Action Coalition, Legislator Steven Stern, Laura
Weinberg of GNBCC, County Executive Steve Levy, William Zhou,
of Schreiber High School in Port Washington.
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Victory in Suffolk County
News 12; March 3, 2009
Thank you to Dr. Maricel Maffini of the Soto/Sonnenschein
Laboratory for her powerful testimony yesterday which helped
moved this mountain! Thank you to all of the amazing testimonies
and participation from all of the students including Regina
Roofeh, Tehreem Rehman, William Zhou and Zachary Rotter.
SMITHTOWN - Suffolk County lawmakers made
an unprecedented move Tuesday to get toxic and potentially
harmful baby bottles off the shelves.
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Great Neck Students and GNBCC Travel to
Alabama Conference
Great Neck Record; December 26, 2008
Edition
This year, the Annual Early Environmental Exposures Conference
was hosted in Birmingham, Alabama. Regina Roofeh, from Great
Neck North High School and Karolina Woronieck, from Great
Neck South High School, received scholarships to attend this
two-day conference. ....FULL
STORY
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 Community
Outreach: High School Students Involved in Breast Cancer Research
By Karolina Woroniecka and Regina Roofeh
Thank You to Everyone at the Ana Soto Lab, Great Neck Breast
Cancer Coalition
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 Laura
Weinberg, president of the Great Neck Breast Cancer Coalition,
presents at the College of Nursing at Florida Atlantic University,
"Breast Cancer and the Environment".
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 BCERC
Alabama conference (11/13-11/14) with students from Great
Neck Breast Cancer Coalition and Huntington Breast Cancer
Action Coalition, from the Students and Scientists Breast
Cancer/Environmental Research Scholarship Program.
VIEW PHOTOS FROM THE EVENT
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Big Thank You to
Great Neck Auto Center, Inc
at 390 Great Neck Road for their $200.00 donation to GNBCC
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October 2008: Rothman's
Steakhouse POSTPONED
Rothman's Steakhouse, 6319 Northern Boulevard,
East Norwich, Long Island. A percentage of proceeds of
an event will be donated to GNBCC. For more info see
flyer or call (516 ) 922-2500
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October 2008: Thank you Ray Leventhal
Shop
(38 Middle Neck Road) from GNBCC!!:
In recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness month, a percentage
of Ray Leventhal shop's proceeds are being donated to GNBCC
for the entire month of October.
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October 2008 : Thank you
Bonda Yoga from GNBCC!!:
In recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness month, all proceeds
($18 per person)** of the October 16, & October 23rd classes
@ Bonda Yoga will be donated to the Great Neck Breast Cancer
Coalition (GNBCC)
Bonda Yoga supports & recognizes Breast Cancer Awareness
Month. On Friday, October 12 from 12:30-1:30 there will be
a Community Yoga Class ($20)** On Sunday, October 19, there
will be a 2:00-3:30 bereavement workshop ($25)** given by
Beth Edelson, CSW (Social Worker) and RYT (Registerd Yoga
Teacher)** www.Bondayoga.com
**All proceeds from these classes will be donated to GNBCC
Healing Dance Circle will take place this Thursday, October
2 at 4A Bond St. Great Neck, the beautiful studio of Bonda
Yoga. We are returning to our old time, 1:45 - 2:45 PM.
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September
15, 2008
Spraying opponents blast
Nassau's mosquito policy
Breast cancer groups and environmentalists
sharply criticized Nassau County on Monday for last week's
aerial spraying against the West Nile virus over 50,000 acres
of the county.
Full Story
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September
5, 2008
Mosquito Spraying in Nassau Canceled
A planned aerial pesticide spraying over
a large portion of Nassau County that had angered several
environmental and breast cancer groups was canceled last night
because of high winds, Nassau officials said. Full
Story
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Summer 2008
July 24, 2008
News: GNBCC/North Middle School BC Coalition
Event at Cafe Rustica
In May, the Great Neck Breast Cancer Coalition at the Great
Neck North Middle School Choral Department co-sponsored a
successful "Musical Revue" fundraiser at Cafe Rustica.
FULL
STORY (pdf)
Spring 2008
News: NASSAU
COUNTY UNANIMOUSLY PASSES A
GREEN PROCUREMENT POLICY
Green Procurement
Bill- pdf
Winter 2008
Going Green Given Boost in Great
Neck:
Participants who planned and presented
the community forum on "Going Green"
on Jan. 10 at Great Neck House are shown here. Pictured
(l. to r.): Laura Weinberg, Patty Katz, Fran Reid, Michelle
Schimel and Frank Morris. Photo by Carol Frank |
News: Recycle
This Paper...
It's a Start
The educational forum to promote "Going
Green" was chock full of information and had the tone of a
pep rally as participants were challenged to change just two
behaviors that will result in energy savings and resource
conservation. FULL STORY
Summer 2006
GNBCC’s 2006 summer scholarship program
GNBCC’s 2006 summer scholarship program at Tufts University
was a tremendous success. This year’s recipients,
Monika Lalezarzadeh, from North High School and Sofie Einbinder,
from South High School, learned valuable laboratory procedures
and about research pertaining to environmental links to breast
cancer at Ana Soto’s Laboratory at Tufts University
Medical School.
Their reviews say it best. Monika said, “I think
the work being done between the Great Neck Breast Cancer Coalition
and the Tufts Medical Laboratory is fantastic, informative
and very educational. It has inspired me to continue
with laboratory work and studies, and apply what I had learned.”
Sofie adds, “it was truly a rare gift to participate
in behind the scenes research on breast cancer.”
The laboratory skills they learned including staining mammary
gland tissues on slides and how to use a gel electrophoresis
(to separate macromolecules) which can isolate genes.
In addition, Monika and Sofie were taught of the potentially,
harmful effects of exposure to the chemical, Bisphenol A,
which is used in certain baby bottles and dental sealants.
They also learned that fetal exposure to this chemical may
cause future offspring to develop breast cancer as adults.
To view Monika’s and Sofie’s essays on their
experience at Ana Soto’s Laboratory at Tufts, visit
the GNBCC website at: www.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
Great Neck Record May 12, 2006
http://www.antonnews.com/greatneckrecord/2006/05/12/news/
Yes, It Really Does Take a Village
Great Neck Record - Dec 2005
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