What you can do

Some see things as they are, and ask why? I see things as they should be and ask why not?
Adapted from George Bernard Shaw's play Back to Methuselah, Act 1. Frequently atrributed to Robert Kennedy and quoted in his eulogy by his brother, Edward Kennedy, in 1968

Don't panic - be empowered!

• Busy bringing up a family, working part/full time, undergoing treatment for breast cancer right now - maybe even trying to juggle all three? The greatest thing you can do is talk to everyone - pass on the information, give them the www.breastcanceruk.org.uk web address, tell them that breast cancer is a preventable disease.
• Send a donation so that more information can be sent out, more documents printed, and many more people made aware of the possibilities of preventing breast cancer.
• E-mail us to order more copies of the documents to give to your friends, your GP, your local paper, your oncologist, your MP. They are both available as pdf documents – see Downloads.

Want to do more?

As a citizen

• Write to your Member of the European Parliament (MEP), and/or your Member of Parliament (MP), or your Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) asking them to support the call for Primary Prevention of Breast Cancer. Email or post them a signed copy of our suggested letter (available in Word) or recommend they view our report at www.nomorebreastcancer.org.uk.
  • Find out who are your MEPs
  • Find out who is your MP
  • Find out who is your MSP
• Sign the Paris Declaration and help influence the regulation of toxic chemicals and their impact on human health.
• Form a group of like-minded women in your area or be a 'group' of one and visit your local MP in person to raise the profile of Primary Prevention of Breast Cancer.
• Have you written to and/or visited your MP – and are keen to do more? Contact your local media to promote the idea of breast cancer as a preventable disease.
• Willing to do your own media campaigning on primary prevention but feel you need some professional hints and tips? Then request your free Working with the Media action guide (see under heading "Kit launched ..." ) available from our European sponsor EEN .
• Interested in letting friends or relatives know about this resource but English is not their first language? Get small sections of this document translated into different languages at uk.babelfish.yahoo.com

As a consumer

• Clean up your act and spread the word! For the sake of yourself, your family and friends, look at the contents of the products in your
  • food cupboard and fridge
  • baby care bag
  • bathroom cabinet and make-up bag
  • home
  • garden shed
• Read the labels and switch to buying organic food and wine; toiletries, cosmetics, baby-care products; avoid chemically loaded household and garden products.
• Visit our campaign links page for more organisations with advice, information and campaigns on cancer, chemicals, health and the environment.