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Madeline Brambilla Northeastern University Massachusetts Breast - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Madeline Brambilla Northeastern University Massachusetts Breast - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Madeline Brambilla Northeastern University Massachusetts Breast Cancer Coalition & Silent Spring Institute Northeastern University PlusOne Program MA expected September 2013 - Environmental Sociology Research Assistant at the
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Environmental Sociology
Concentrations in…
- Environmental Health
- Environmental Justice
- Social Movements
“Environmental Justice will be achieved when
everyone enjoys the same degree of protection from environmental and health hazards and equal access to the decision- making process to have a healthy environment in which to live, learn, and work” (www.epa.gov)
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Master’s Thesis
Modern “cosmetics activism” of the Campaign
for Safe Cosmetics
Getting potentially toxic chemicals out of
personal care products in the face of insufficient industry oversight
Campaigns…
- Lead in lipstick
- Formaldehyde in hair products
- Formaldehyde & formaldehyde-releasing preservatives
in children’s products
- “T
- xic Trio” dibutyl phthalate, formaldehyde & toluene
in nail products
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Massachusetts Breast Cancer Coalition
Internship → Executive Assistant The Massachusetts Breast Cancer Coalition is
dedicated to preventing environmental causes
- f breast cancer through community
education, research advocacy, and changes to public policy
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Silent Spring Institute
Silent Spring Institute seeks to identify and
break the links between environmental chemicals and women’s health, especially breast cancer
Peer-reviewed research cited in federal reports
- President’s Cancer Panel
- Institute of Medicine
- Federal Interagency Breast Cancer and
Environmental Research Coordinating Committee
Studies emerging contaminants including
endocrine disrupting compounds
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My role…
Presentations & guest lectures eNewsletter, news on the website & social
media
MBCC Research Updates video series Medical Community Outreach Project
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