Air Pollution: Breast Cancer Risk Factor

Just 10% of breast cancer risk can be solely explained by genetics. That means that 90% of risk is related to factors that we can both directly, and indirectly, impact for positive health outcomes.

Air pollution is a form of place-based chemical exposure and has been linked to increased breast cancer risk. Sources of air pollution include tobacco smoke, indoor wood burning, and more systemic sources such as traffic, industrial and agricultural activities, and fossil fuel combustion.

Learn more about how to reduce your risk, protect your loved ones and community, and support systemic change:

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For 30 years, Breast Cancer Prevention Partners has been the leading science-based policy and advocacy organization working to eliminate our exposure to toxic chemicals and other environmental exposures linked to breast cancer.

At BCPP, we:

🟣Work with communities most highly impacted by the environmental exposures linked to breast cancer.
🟣Translate science into education and action.
🟣Press businesses to make products safer.
🟣And pass health-protective laws.

BCPP believes all people need access to healthy food; safer, nontoxic products; and protection from exposures linked to breast cancer where they live and work. Together we can prevent breast cancer before it starts.

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