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Curing Cancer with carcinogens!
Author: Raine
Date: 10/09/2014 13:20:21
There really isn't much more I can say about this total and utter shit move: And this: I would wager a bet that most of the people that work those tracking rigs are males. This is a danish study from 2000. It's headline? Elevated risk for male breast cancer after occupational exposure to gasoline and vehicular combustion products. That includes Benzine. From the Ecowatch link above: But hey! They donated money to hand paint Pink Drill bits to promote awareness of a cancer that they help cause!
I can't even begin to tell you how completely tone deaf this all is. I guess it doesn't matter -- the SGK foundation just got its pockets padded some more. Bet they are happy that fracking doesn't cause abortions, cause then the shit would really hit the fan, right?
Coming up next: R. J. Reynolds is teaming up with SGK is going to put out pink cigarettes for Breast Cancer Awareness month….
and 
Raine
San Francisco, CA – Breast Cancer Action today thanked Susan G. Komen and Baker Hughes for partnering on the most ludicrous piece of pink sh*t they’ve seen all year – 1,000 shiny pink drill bits. BCAction hailed this partnership as the most egregious example of “pinkwashing” they’ve ever seen and heartily lauded Komen and Baker Hughes for doing their bit to increase women’s risk of breast cancer with their toxic fracking chemicals.
BCAction commended Baker Hughes and Komen for their ingenious pinkwashing profit cycle, whereby Baker Hughes helps fuel breast cancer while Komen raises millions of dollars to try to cure it.
“With all the toxic chemicals Baker Hughes is pumping into the ground, we thought they didn’t care about women’s health. However, this partnership with Komen makes it clear where both organizations stand on this issue,” said Karuna Jaggar, executive director of Breast Cancer Action.
Breast Cancer Action coined the term pinkwashing as part of their Think Before You Pink® campaign to describe a company or organization that claims to care about breast cancer by promoting a pink ribbon product, but also produces, manufactures and/or sells products linked to the disease. Over 700 chemicals are commonly used in the process of drilling and fracking for oil and gas. At least 25% of these chemicals increase our risk of cancer.
“Komen has been notably absent from all discussions about fracking and breast cancer, but with these pink drill bits they are thrusting this issue onto the national stage,” Jaggar said. “Now people will learn how fracking relies on carcinogens like formaldehyde and benzene. Personally, I love a good dose of benzene with my pink ribbon.”
As the story explains, when the pink drill bits are shipped in their boxes (and, yes, the boxes are pink, too), they come packed with information about “breast health facts, breast cancer risk factors and screening tips.”
And exactly whose breast cancer awareness quotient will be bolstered out there on the well pad? Inside the trailers and the trucks? Down on the drilling floor? Up on the derrick?
“The hope is that the roughneck who cracks open that container learns a little more about the disease that afflicts 200,000 women per year.”
Here’s what I’m wagering that roughneck does not learn from the literature shipped with his drill bit this October: I’m betting he does not read about the recent study from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control that found dangerous levels of benzene in the urine of workers in the unconventional (aka fracking) oil and gas industry. Benzene is a proven human carcinogen.
In addition to leukemia, benzene is also a suspected cause of, well, breast cancer.
Benzene exposure is known to induce breast cancer in laboratory animals and is modestly associated with breast cancer among women. But the best evidence we have for the benzene-breast cancer link comes from studies of young male workers exposed on the job. Male breast cancer is clearly linked to occupational exposure to benzene.
So, maybe those pamphlets really will come in handy in the man camps.
The carcinogenic dangers of fracking begin at the job site and extend far beyond. They include silica dust (a lung carcinogen); volatile organic air pollutants (linked to lymphoma); radioactive wastes, such as radon and radium (lung and breast cancers again); and drinking water contaminants, such as arsenic and brominated byproducts (both bladder carcinogens). Indeed, cancer hazards are present at every stage of the drilling, fracking, processing, and distribution process.
I can't even begin to tell you how completely tone deaf this all is. I guess it doesn't matter -- the SGK foundation just got its pockets padded some more. Bet they are happy that fracking doesn't cause abortions, cause then the shit would really hit the fan, right?
Coming up next: R. J. Reynolds is teaming up with SGK is going to put out pink cigarettes for Breast Cancer Awareness month….
and Raine
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Comment by 
wickedpam on 10/09/2014 13:26:45
wickedpam on 10/09/2014 13:26:45
Morning 
And this is just another reason why I backed away from that pink ribbon stuff, its become big business.
And this is just another reason why I backed away from that pink ribbon stuff, its become big business.
Comment by 
Mondobubba on 10/09/2014 13:34:28
Mondobubba on 10/09/2014 13:34:28
Comment by Mondobubba on 10/09/2014 13:35:24
Mondobubba on 10/09/2014 13:35:24
What Mala said. I'm glad my breast cancer awareness license tag fee doesn't go to Komen.
Comment by 
TriSec on 10/09/2014 13:44:19
TriSec on 10/09/2014 13:44:19
That's great. Can't wait for the colon cancer awareness initiative from the nitrate meat curing industry!
Comment by 
Raine on 10/09/2014 13:44:50
Raine on 10/09/2014 13:44:50
I guess the thing is that they don't even give a shit about the optics of this.
Comment by 
Scoopster on 10/09/2014 13:48:51
Scoopster on 10/09/2014 13:48:51
Mornin' all. 
Seriously, they're really digging down to the bottom of the shit barrell for those donations, aren't they?
Seriously, they're really digging down to the bottom of the shit barrell for those donations, aren't they?
Comment by Scoopster on 10/09/2014 13:58:47
Scoopster on 10/09/2014 13:58:47
Comment by Mondobubba on 10/09/2014 13:58:53
No, Koman doesn't give a shit. They are about getting money. From anyone in any industry.
Mondobubba on 10/09/2014 13:58:53
Quote by Raine:
I guess the thing is that they don't even give a shit about the optics of this.
No, Koman doesn't give a shit. They are about getting money. From anyone in any industry.
Comment by Raine on 10/09/2014 13:59:20
As I said yesterday: I think I will add that zinger to the blog itself.
Raine on 10/09/2014 13:59:20
Quote by Scoopster:
Mornin' all.
Seriously, they're really digging down to the bottom of the shit barrell for those donations, aren't they?
As I said yesterday:
Next up: R. J. Reynolds is teaming up with SGK is going to put out pink cigarettes for Breast Cancer Awareness month….
Comment by Scoopster on 10/09/2014 14:02:15
I have to be honest - I don't think I'd be anywhere near as outraged about this if Komen actually used 80%+ of the donations they receive on actual research and treatment!
Scoopster on 10/09/2014 14:02:15
Quote by Mondobubba:Quote by Raine:
I guess the thing is that they don't even give a shit about the optics of this.
No, Koman doesn't give a shit about getting money. From anyone in any industry.
I have to be honest - I don't think I'd be anywhere near as outraged about this if Komen actually used 80%+ of the donations they receive on actual research and treatment!
Comment by Raine on 10/09/2014 14:15:00
Yuppers. And then this from last year:
Raine on 10/09/2014 14:15:00
Quote by Scoopster:Quote by Mondobubba:Quote by Raine:
I guess the thing is that they don't even give a shit about the optics of this.
No, Koman doesn't give a shit about getting money. From anyone in any industry.
I have to be honest - I don't think I'd be anywhere near as outraged about this if Komen actually used 80%+ of the donations they receive on actual research and treatment!
In 2011, the foundation spent 15 percent, or $63 million, of its donations on research awards that fund studies on everything from hard-core molecular biology to the quality of breast-cancer care for Medicaid patients.
That proportion was down from 17 percent in 2009 and 2010. In 2008, that percentage reached 29 percent of donations. The annual financial statements cover April 1 through March 31.
Financial reports reveal Nancy Brinker, founder and CEO of the Susan G. Komen foundation, received a 64 percent raise for a total pay package of $684,000, and despite Brinker announcing she would be stepping aside 10 months ago, she is still CEO of the charity. NBC's Lisa Myers reports. (snip) The Global Race for the Cure in Washington, D.C., which funds programs in the nation’s capital and around the world, had a 50 percent decline in race revenue, down from $5 million two years ago to $2.5 million this year. The affiliate issued $3,726,276 in grants in 2012 and $1,577,790 this year.
For the first time in five years, Dr. Sandra Swain did not receive a Komen grant for a program to help low-income women complete breast-cancer treatment in the nation’s capital. Swain, who is the medical director of Washington Cancer Institute at MedStar Washington Hospital Center, wasn’t given a reason why she did not get the grant, but she says Komen’s decreased revenue could have played a part.
Comment by Raine on 10/09/2014 14:18:50
Raine on 10/09/2014 14:18:50
I added a video that is a must watch into the blog.
Comment by Mondobubba on 10/09/2014 14:23:41
Mondobubba on 10/09/2014 14:23:41
Pinkwashing.
Pinkwasher: (pink’-wah-sher) noun. A company or organization that claims to care about breast cancer by promoting a pink ribbon product, but at the same time produces, manufactures and/or sells products that are linked to the disease.
Comment by wickedpam on 10/09/2014 14:29:10
wickedpam on 10/09/2014 14:29:10
*sigh* and my social awkwardness rears its ugly head again as I make the big bosses wife feel seemingly uncomfortable trying to relate her chemo to my grandmothers. I should just never speak in public ever again as I suck at talking. 
Comment by wickedpam on 10/09/2014 14:32:19
exactly.
wickedpam on 10/09/2014 14:32:19
Quote by Mondobubba:
Pinkwashing.Pinkwasher: (pink’-wah-sher) noun. A company or organization that claims to care about breast cancer by promoting a pink ribbon product, but at the same time produces, manufactures and/or sells products that are linked to the disease.
exactly.
Comment by Mondobubba on 10/09/2014 14:32:20
Mondobubba on 10/09/2014 14:32:20
The video: 
Comment by Raine on 10/09/2014 14:37:12
It's as bad as the ads on TV telling us how much the tracking companies care for the environment.
I have to check to out some more, but I think this was aired on a local news station.
Raine on 10/09/2014 14:37:12
Quote by Mondobubba:
The video:
I have to check to out some more, but I think this was aired on a local news station.
Comment by Raine on 10/09/2014 14:41:03
and here is more.
Raine on 10/09/2014 14:41:03
Quote by Raine:
WNEP airs pure unadulterated propaganda
To help promote the Doing Our Bit for the Cure program, Cabot teamed up with Baker Hughes to send one of their bits down-hole for video and photographs. The Kymera bit was filmed at one of our 10-well locations in Susquehanna County and we made sure everyone involved had pink swag – shirts, gloves and even hard hats!
The footage captured will be edited and used to promote the official launch of the program in October but here’s a sneak peak filmed by local news station WNEP:
Comment by Scoopster on 10/09/2014 14:41:30
Scoopster on 10/09/2014 14:41:30
Comment by Raine on 10/09/2014 14:56:22
I am so sick of these TRAP laws.
Raine on 10/09/2014 14:56:22
Excellent!
I am so sick of these TRAP laws.
Comment by Mondobubba on 10/09/2014 15:13:58
Mondobubba on 10/09/2014 15:13:58
Rick Scott is hiding 340 MILLION in assets.
Yet he and the Florida Republican party are running ad about how corrupt Charlie Crist is.
Yet he and the Florida Republican party are running ad about how corrupt Charlie Crist is.
Comment by TriSec on 10/09/2014 15:14:17
TriSec on 10/09/2014 15:14:17
The mark of any charity is the percentage they spend on their actual cause. When the 'overhead' is the larger percentage, then it's no longer a charity, is it?
Maybe they should have a pink-bucket challenge? Dump a bucket of tainted water on yourself and see what happens!
Maybe they should have a pink-bucket challenge? Dump a bucket of tainted water on yourself and see what happens!
Comment by Raine on 10/09/2014 15:18:31
I personally believe they should have their tax free status looked at.
Raine on 10/09/2014 15:18:31
Quote by TriSec:
The mark of any charity is the percentage they spend on their actual cause. When the 'overhead' is the larger percentage, then it's no longer a charity, is it?
Maybe they should have a pink-bucket challenge? Dump a bucket of tainted water on yourself and see what happens!
I personally believe they should have their tax free status looked at.
Comment by Will in Chicago on 10/09/2014 15:20:35
Will in Chicago on 10/09/2014 15:20:35
Raine, thanks for a great blog! Bob Kincaid of the Head On Radio Network (who will be on All in with Chris Hayes tomorrow night) said that those drills are hypocritical as fracking and mountaintop removal have elevated cancer rates throughout places like Appalachia.
If Susan G. Komen took money from Northrup Grummond, would it be money from an equal opportunity destroyer.
If Susan G. Komen took money from Northrup Grummond, would it be money from an equal opportunity destroyer.
Comment by wickedpam on 10/09/2014 15:48:21
wickedpam on 10/09/2014 15:48:21
Cause SCIENCE!, Chris
Comment by wickedpam on 10/09/2014 16:04:07
wickedpam on 10/09/2014 16:04:07
nice to see that the girdle has rebranded itself as SPANX
Comment by wickedpam on 10/09/2014 16:06:53
wickedpam on 10/09/2014 16:06:53
Interesting - Walmart is its own company store.
Comment by Raine on 10/09/2014 16:11:03
While I despise Walmart. I find this story very interesting. Trader Joe's did this(Last year?) I think I wrote a blog about it.
Raine on 10/09/2014 16:11:03
Quote by wickedpam:
Interesting - Walmart is its own company store.
Comment by Will in Chicago on 10/09/2014 16:17:09
Will in Chicago on 10/09/2014 16:17:09
Lesley Marshall in for Thom. Preferrable to Dr. Mike Newcomb but then again so is the sound of a flatulent goat.
Comment by Raine on 10/09/2014 16:17:50
What is going on with Thom?
Raine on 10/09/2014 16:17:50
Quote by Will in Chicago:
Lesley Marshall in for Thom. Preferrable to Dr. Mike Newcomb but then again so is the sound of a flatulent goat.
Comment by wickedpam on 10/09/2014 16:18:54
it must be how the news is presenting it then, cause it never sounds very good.
wickedpam on 10/09/2014 16:18:54
Quote by Raine:
I did, and here it is.
it must be how the news is presenting it then, cause it never sounds very good.
Comment by Raine on 10/09/2014 16:21:03
I honestly think this is a case of liberals who understandably despise walmart (as I do) missing the big picture.
Raine on 10/09/2014 16:21:03
Quote by wickedpam:Quote by Raine:
I did, and here it is.
it must be how the news is presenting it then, cause it never sounds very good.
I honestly think this is a case of liberals who understandably despise walmart (as I do) missing the big picture.
Comment by wickedpam on 10/09/2014 16:22:14
possible - hate that place with every fiber of my being
wickedpam on 10/09/2014 16:22:14
Quote by Raine:Quote by wickedpam:Quote by Raine:
I did, and here it is.
it must be how the news is presenting it then, cause it never sounds very good.
I honestly think this is a case of liberals who understandably despise walmart (as I do) missing the big picture.
possible - hate that place with every fiber of my being
Comment by Mondobubba on 10/09/2014 16:25:12
Oh I hate it more! For really shallow reasons.
Mondobubba on 10/09/2014 16:25:12
Quote by wickedpam:Quote by Raine:Quote by wickedpam:Quote by Raine:
I did, and here it is.
it must be how the news is presenting it then, cause it never sounds very good.
I honestly think this is a case of liberals who understandably despise walmart (as I do) missing the big picture.
possible - hate that place with every fiber of my being
Oh I hate it more! For really shallow reasons.
Comment by Raine on 10/09/2014 16:25:49
I remember at the time everyone was lambasting TJ's for this. They were wrong to do so. between the subsidies and the plans offered it actually saved money for those employees.
From Vox. They think this is a good thing too.
Eventually we will get to single payer… IT will take a decade or so, but we will get there.
Raine on 10/09/2014 16:25:49
Quote by Raine:Quote by wickedpam:Quote by Raine:
I did, and here it is.
it must be how the news is presenting it then, cause it never sounds very good.
I honestly think this is a case of liberals who understandably despise walmart (as I do) missing the big picture.
From Vox. They think this is a good thing too.
Eventually we will get to single payer… IT will take a decade or so, but we will get there.
Comment by Will in Chicago on 10/09/2014 16:32:06
My hope is that he is on vacation. He did something like this last time when he went on vacation. I am somewhat concerned about his health and Louise's as well, considering the past as well.
Will in Chicago on 10/09/2014 16:32:06
Quote by Raine:What is going on with Thom?Quote by Will in Chicago:
Lesley Marshall in for Thom. Preferrable to Dr. Mike Newcomb but then again so is the sound of a flatulent goat.
My hope is that he is on vacation. He did something like this last time when he went on vacation. I am somewhat concerned about his health and Louise's as well, considering the past as well.
Comment by Will in Chicago on 10/09/2014 16:33:40
I have already told my friend Laura, who is a dentist, to find a colleague to communicate with in Massachusetts to better understand the ACA and to find one in Vermont on single payer. We will get there. If California or New York follows Vermont's lead, ti will make a big difference.
Will in Chicago on 10/09/2014 16:33:40
Quote by Raine:I remember at the time everyone was lambasting TJ's for this. They were wrong to do so. between the subsidies and the plans offered it actually saved money for those employees.Quote by Raine:Quote by wickedpam:Quote by Raine:
I did, and here it is.
it must be how the news is presenting it then, cause it never sounds very good.
I honestly think this is a case of liberals who understandably despise walmart (as I do) missing the big picture.
From Vox. They think this is a good thing too.
Eventually we will get to single payer… IT will take a decade or so, but we will get there.
I have already told my friend Laura, who is a dentist, to find a colleague to communicate with in Massachusetts to better understand the ACA and to find one in Vermont on single payer. We will get there. If California or New York follows Vermont's lead, ti will make a big difference.
Comment by Raine on 10/09/2014 16:48:19
He usually announces a vacation.
Raine on 10/09/2014 16:48:19
Quote by Will in Chicago:Quote by Raine:What is going on with Thom?Quote by Will in Chicago:
Lesley Marshall in for Thom. Preferrable to Dr. Mike Newcomb but then again so is the sound of a flatulent goat.
My hope is that he is on vacation. He did something like this last time when he went on vacation. I am somewhat concerned about his health and Louise's as well, considering the past as well.
Comment by Will in Chicago on 10/09/2014 17:13:09
Usually. I seem to recall one occasion where he did not. Still, I am worried that it could be a health issue.
Will in Chicago on 10/09/2014 17:13:09
Quote by Raine:He usually announces a vacation.Quote by Will in Chicago:Quote by Raine:What is going on with Thom?Quote by Will in Chicago:
Lesley Marshall in for Thom. Preferrable to Dr. Mike Newcomb but then again so is the sound of a flatulent goat.
My hope is that he is on vacation. He did something like this last time when he went on vacation. I am somewhat concerned about his health and Louise's as well, considering the past as well.
Usually. I seem to recall one occasion where he did not. Still, I am worried that it could be a health issue.
Comment by 
livingonli on 10/09/2014 17:54:47
Since I watched his RT show last night, he was in Vegas since I saw the strip in the background and Pap was also in Vegas because when he was on the Ed Show last night, you could see shots of the Strip in the background as well.
livingonli on 10/09/2014 17:54:47
Quote by Will in Chicago:Quote by Raine:He usually announces a vacation.Quote by Will in Chicago:Quote by Raine:What is going on with Thom?Quote by Will in Chicago:
Lesley Marshall in for Thom. Preferrable to Dr. Mike Newcomb but then again so is the sound of a flatulent goat.
My hope is that he is on vacation. He did something like this last time when he went on vacation. I am somewhat concerned about his health and Louise's as well, considering the past as well.
Usually. I seem to recall one occasion where he did not. Still, I am worried that it could be a health issue.
Since I watched his RT show last night, he was in Vegas since I saw the strip in the background and Pap was also in Vegas because when he was on the Ed Show last night, you could see shots of the Strip in the background as well.
Comment by Will in Chicago on 10/09/2014 17:57:40
Our Supreme Court, the best that money can buy -- for the Koch Brothers and their ilk.
Will in Chicago on 10/09/2014 17:57:40
Quote by Raine:Quote by Scoopster:
Oh goddamnit..
Our Supreme Court, the best that money can buy -- for the Koch Brothers and their ilk.
Comment by Raine on 10/09/2014 18:18:01
Raine on 10/09/2014 18:18:01
Uh oh.
Airplane cabin cleaners have set up pickets outside a LaGuardia Airport terminal over health and safety issues.
About 200 Air Serv workers who support domestic flights at Terminal D began a 24-hour strike on Wednesday night.
They say their concerns include possible exposure to Ebola.
The workers, who are seeking to unionize, say they're sometimes exposed to blood, feces, vomit and even chemicals while on the job, but are not equipped with appropriate protective gear.
They say the number of cabin cleaners per job has been reduced by up to half. They also say the time to clean entire planes has been cut from 45 minutes to as little as 5 minutes.
Comment by Raine on 10/09/2014 18:30:46
I will say the only international flights are Air Canada, but there are a lot of connections from international airports.
I support the union in this situation. It's not the Ebola per say, it is all the other nasty things that could linger as a result of improper cleaning.
I think this is a really good time to take a look at communicable diseases. (not panic, being pragmatic)
Raine on 10/09/2014 18:30:46
Quote by Raine:
Uh oh.Airplane cabin cleaners have set up pickets outside a LaGuardia Airport terminal over health and safety issues.
About 200 Air Serv workers who support domestic flights at Terminal D began a 24-hour strike on Wednesday night.
They say their concerns include possible exposure to Ebola.
The workers, who are seeking to unionize, say they're sometimes exposed to blood, feces, vomit and even chemicals while on the job, but are not equipped with appropriate protective gear.
They say the number of cabin cleaners per job has been reduced by up to half. They also say the time to clean entire planes has been cut from 45 minutes to as little as 5 minutes.
I support the union in this situation. It's not the Ebola per say, it is all the other nasty things that could linger as a result of improper cleaning.
I think this is a really good time to take a look at communicable diseases. (not panic, being pragmatic)
Comment by Will in Chicago on 10/09/2014 18:42:53
It is a good time to reevaluate and take precautions. However, we should not act like the usual hosts on Faux News.
Will in Chicago on 10/09/2014 18:42:53
Quote by Raine:I will say the only international flights are Air Canada, but there are a lot of connections from international airports.Quote by Raine:
Uh oh.Airplane cabin cleaners have set up pickets outside a LaGuardia Airport terminal over health and safety issues.
About 200 Air Serv workers who support domestic flights at Terminal D began a 24-hour strike on Wednesday night.
They say their concerns include possible exposure to Ebola.
The workers, who are seeking to unionize, say they're sometimes exposed to blood, feces, vomit and even chemicals while on the job, but are not equipped with appropriate protective gear.
They say the number of cabin cleaners per job has been reduced by up to half. They also say the time to clean entire planes has been cut from 45 minutes to as little as 5 minutes.
I support the union in this situation. It's not the Ebola per say, it is all the other nasty things that could linger as a result of improper cleaning.
I think this is a really good time to take a look at communicable diseases. (not panic, being pragmatic)
It is a good time to reevaluate and take precautions. However, we should not act like the usual hosts on Faux News.
Comment by Will in Chicago on 10/09/2014 18:49:15
Will in Chicago on 10/09/2014 18:49:15
Leslie Marshall is wrong in that entire countries don't believe that HIV/AIDS is not spread through sexual contact, based on my understanding. There are people in Africa who do not believe that HIV is spread through sexual contact but to my knowledge entire countries are not misinformed.