Informative Essay On Breast Cancer Awareness

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When October comes around you might think most people think about
Halloween but the reality is that October is awareness month that has been overtaken by breast cancer. You see the pink plastered ribbons everywhere and the pink out football games which are most popular around that time. Although all the support are they really supporting the cause physically? Breast cancer awareness month is seen by some people as just to aware than to cure. In the month of october schools, football games, and companies in the thought of support go pink. According to Mercola, Joseph in, “ i will not be pinked washed; Komen's race is for money not the cure,” states, “ plastering pink ribbons on every conceivable product has much more to do with …show more content…

Recents studies have shown that Bisphenol A which is found in plastics can have an impact on risk in breast cancer for the fact that it has been a huge health issues for the fact that it has been proven that Bisphenol A can leak into food or beverages. Silverstein Amy states that, “Komen has repeatedly dismissed possible links between breast cancer and the common chemical Bisphenol A (BPA), even as it accepts millions of dollars in donations from companies in their products.” A foundation like Komens should not be accepting money from companies that have BPA because it give a negative …show more content…

The problem is that student across the nation that get ready for all the Breast cancer awareness football games are being pink washed by believing they are helping a breast cancer foundation when they aren’t. According to the article High Schoolers Think Pink; Manufactures See Green, a high school student stated. “I’m glad they do give some money, Brecce said, but i really thought it was a percentage that goes to it.” This shows how companies are blurring the lines between their profits and the amount of profiting donated to a breast cancer