CHE-Alaska hosted this call on which Jeanne Rizzo, President and CEO of the Breast Cancer Fund, discussed the latest scientific evidence of environmental links to breast cancer. Ms. Rizzo discussed the fifth edition of the landmark science report, "State of the Evidence: The Connection between Breast Cancer and the Environment," presented findings from a new study by the Breast Cancer Fund and Silent Spring Institute on bisphenol A (BPA) in food packaging, and talked about the Breast Cancer Fund's bold breast cancer prevention mission.
Featured Speaker
Jeanne Rizzo, RN, President and CEO of the Breast Cancer Fund. Jeanne Rizzo’s vision guided the Breast Cancer Fund to adopt its bold breast cancer prevention mission: to identify and advocate for the elimination of the environmental and other preventable causes of the disease. Under her leadership the organization has become a national leader in translating the growing body of scientific evidence linking breast cancer and environmental exposures into strategic policy initiatives. Ms. Rizzo guides current strategic policy initiatives to reduce our exposure to bisphenol A, to address the safety of personal care products and to reform the broken Toxic Substances Control Act. Ms. Rizzo is a founding partner of the Collaborative on Health and the Environment and the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics. She is Council chair of the California Breast Cancer Research Program and is an appointed member of the National Institute of Health Interagency Breast Cancer and Environment Research Coordinating Committee. She is the recipient of the Environmental Protection Agency Region 9 Green Chemistry Environmental Leader Award. A nurse, then an award-winning music, theater and film producer, she produced the documentary Climb Against the Odds: Mt. McKinley.