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One of the many passions of WCRC is pursuing the connection between cancer and the environment. Every day the scientific community is learning more about the role of environment in the incidence of cancer. Yet every day, our water and air are polluted by massive amounts of industrial waste. Our homes and gardens are poisoned by pesticides, fertilizers and cleaning products. Our exposure to toxic chemicals continues.

To fully understand cancer, we need to acknowledge and fully explore the role of environmental insults. We need to speak out against the presence of substances that contaminate our food, our water, and the air we breathe.

For more information about cancer and the environment -- and what you can do to bring about change -- visit the Act section of this Web site.

Toxic Industry Tour a success!
The WCRC Environmental Activism Group toured some of the metro area's more toxic industries by bus on Friday, October 13, 2000.

This tour was inspired by San Francisco's Breast Cancer Action group, which has held successful tours for a number of years in October to "reclaim Breast Cancer Awareness month as Cancer Industry Awareness month." The goal is to develop stronger federal and state regulations to safeguard our health and the health of our families, and to learn about alternative, non-polluting compounds and how other countries produce in a cleaner way.

The Sierra Club North Star Chapter, Institute for Agriculture & Trade Policy and the Clean Water Action Alliance were our co-sponsors of the tour, and we invite additional community groups and individuals to become co-sponsors and participants.

Take Charge of Your Health Presentations
Travelling program that features cancer awareness information, and non-toxic household information. If your community group (church, school group, parents group, etc.) would like to schedule a presentation, call the WCRC!

Support Organic Farms. Would you like to get fresh foods from local (Minnesota/Wisconsin) sustainable farmers? Ask the Land Stewardship Project (651-653-0618) how you can join a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) farm.

Make the Link
What you can do to help stop the daily assaults on our environment and our bodies.

Rachel's Corner
Excerpts from Rachel's Environment & Health Weekly, a publication edited by Peter Montague, erf@rachel.org.