| The National Breast Cancer Coalition |
| Enactment of the Breast Cancer and Environmental Research Act. |
| It is generally believed that the environment plays a role in the development of breast cancer, but the extent of that role is not well understood. This group believes that this critical issue must be approached thoughtfully and methodically and that a national strategy for increasing knowledge in this area must be developed. The Breast Cancer and Environmental Research Act would create grants for the establishment of collaborative multi-institutional, multi-disciplinary research
centers to study the potential link between the environment and breast cancer. Grants would be
awarded based on a competitive, peer-reviewed process that involves consumer advocates. |
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| VIS/Thomas |
| A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to make grants for the development and operation of research centers regarding environmental factors that may be related to the etiology of breast cancer. |
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