Corporations Cashing in Big Time on Breast Cancer -- 5 Shocking Hypocrisies

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http://www.alternet.org/activism/corporations-cashing-big-time-breast-cancer-5-shocking-hypocrisies



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. Taste the Hypocrisy

Since 2011, the Breast Cancer Fund has been actively campaigning Progresso to phase out the use of bisphenol A (BPA) in its soup cans. BPA is a known endocrine disruptor, which has been linked to cancer, diabetes, obesity, and attention and developmental disorders. Even though soup giant Campbell began phasing out the chemical earlier this year, Progresso persists in using an epoxy resin containing BPA to line its cans. Despite this, Progresso rolled out pink ribbon can labels [BS1] for the month of October. Those lids you should save so parent company General Mills can donate to cancer research? They’re coated in cancer-linked chemicals.

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2. Sugar-Coated Campaign

Progresso isn’t the only General Mills brand to give the side eye this month. A laundry list of other items, including sugary snacks, processed cereals and whipped yogurts that are also part of this year’s Save Lids to Save Lives campaign have one thing in common: sugar. Sugar alone doesn’t necessarily cause health problems, but researchers have started to point to definitive links between high sugar intake and obesity, diabetes, and even some types of cancer.

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3. Skin-Deep Charity

Thirteen-year-old Talia Castellano recently made headlines when the young makeup blogger appeared as a guest on “The Ellen Degeneres Show.” Castellano has been battling two forms of cancer for the last several years and says, “I love and adore makeup, using it as my wig and having so much self-confidence to go out to the grocery store without a wig.” CoverGirl not only brought Castellano on the show and gave her $20,000 , they even made her an honorary Cover Girl.

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4. Pinkwashing Sexual Violence and Misogyny, NFL-Style

Do pink ribbons and jerseys on the field mean football stars care about women’s health? As Maura Kelly wrote in the New York Daily News , it seems unlikely. Though the National Football League is in its fourth year of plastering stadiums with pink décor and giving players and coaches pink apparel to wear throughout October, their anti-women actions during the other 11 months of the year might make women’s health and safety advocates raise an eyebrow or two.

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1. Check out Pink Ribbons, Inc.

I think the film is available on Netflix. Here's a trailer on YouTube:

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