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VIDEO: Milking Cancer
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Sunday, September 05, 2010
Tell Eli Lilly to stop milking cancer! Sign the Petition
Breast Cancer Action has launched a new campaign called “Think Before You Pink,” to eliminate Pinkwashers. Pinkwashers are companies that claim to care about breast cancer but make or sell products that are linked to the disease.
Case in point, Eli Lilly, a pharmaceutical company that claims to “care for our communities,” but manufactures rBGH, an artificial hormone given to cows to make them produce more milk. It’s been linked to breast cancer and other health problems, and has been banned entirely in Canada, Australia, Japan, and all countries in the European Union.
What makes Eli Lilly a true pinkwasher? Think about this:
Eli Lilly increases cancer risk with rBGH. Eli Lilly then sells cancer treatment drugs like Gemzar, and a drug, Evista, to reduce the risk of breast cancer in women at high risk of the disease. Eli Lilly’s cancer drugs made $2,683,000,000 for the company in 2008. Its potentially carcinogenic dairy hormone made millions of dollars in the same year.
Eli Lilly is milking cancer.
Tell Eli Lilly to stop milking cancer! Sign the Petition
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