By Zoë Christopher, Program Officer & Operations Manager
To stop breast cancer before it starts, we must end our dependence on fossil fuels. The industry increases our exposure to chemicals that are linked to breast cancer risk.
Our organization has been committed to ending the breast cancer crisis. In addition to supporting people diagnosed with the disease, this means working to stop cancer-causing toxins from entering our bodies and our environment in the first place.
We know that practices such as fracking (the process of pumping a mixture of water and chemicals, including known carcinogens and endocrine disruptors, deep below the earth’s surface using extreme pressure to break up rock formations and release oil or natural gas) threatens our health by contaminating our water supply and soil. This is especially impactful for communities on the frontlines who are often communities of color and/or low-income.
Despite the mountains of evidence on the ways fossil fuel practices create irreversible damage to our planet and to our health, Big Oil & Gas continues to relentlessly push for more fossil fuel expansion. More fossil fuel infrastructure means more air pollution, more cancer, and amplified injustices.
The Future Generations Protection Act will implement a ban on fracking across the country, a ban on new fossil fuel plants, and an end to oil and gas exports.
The burden of developing safe alternatives belongs on the shoulders of the oil and gas industry, not on the backs of people who are living with and at risk of breast cancer.
"Zoe Christopher, Mkurugenzi wa Programu na Meneja wa Uendeshaji: ""Kuzuia saratani ya matiti kabla ya kuanza, lazima tuondoke kwenye utegemezi wetu kwa mafuta ya mafuta." Viwanda hivyo huongeza uwezekano wa kuambukizwa kemikali zinazohusiana na hatari ya kansa ya matiti. Shirika letu limejitolea kukomesha mgogoro wa kansa ya matiti. "Kwa kuongezea kusaidia watu waliogunduliwa na ugonjwa huo, hii inamaanisha kufanya kazi kuzuia sumu zinazosababisha kansa zisiingie miili yetu na mazingira yetu kwanza. """ "Kama ilivyoelezwa hapo juu, ""mchakato wa pampu mchanganyiko wa maji na kemikali, ikiwa ni pamoja na carcinogens inayojulikana na endocrine disruptors, kina chini ya uso wa dunia kwa kutumia shinikizo kubwa kuvunja miundo ya mwamba na kutolewa mafuta au gesi ya asili, inatishia afya yetu kwa uchafuzi wa maji na udongo.""" Hii ni muhimu hasa kwa jamii zilizo katika mstari wa mbele ambao mara nyingi ni jamii za rangi na au mapato ya chini. "Licha ya milima ya ushahidi juu ya jinsi mazoea ya mafuta ya makaa ya mawe yanavyounda uharibifu usioweza kurekebishwa kwa sayari yetu na afya yetu, ""Big Oil & Gas"" inaendelea kushinikiza kwa ukali kwa upanuzi zaidi wa mafuta ya makaa ya mawe." Miundombinu zaidi ya mafuta ya visukuku humaanisha uchafuzi zaidi wa hewa, kansa zaidi, na ukosefu wa haki ulioongezeka. Sheria ya Ulinzi wa Vizazi vya Baadaye itatekeleza marufuku ya fracking nchini kote, marufuku ya viwanda vipya vya mafuta ya makaa ya mawe, na mwisho wa mauzo ya nje ya mafuta na gesi. "Mzigo wa kuendeleza mbadala salama unapatikana kwenye mabega ya sekta ya mafuta na gesi, sio kwenye migongo ya watu wanaoishi na hatari ya kansa ya matiti. """