Bra Manufacturers

"Who can you trust when your culture is the worst enemy of your health? Can you trust in the powers of the foreground of your culture? Can you trust the government of your culture? Can you trust private industry to your culture? "

We asked these questions in 1995, at the end of our book, Dressed To Kill: The Link Between Breast Cancer and Bras. Before writing this book, we have sent details of our research at the National Cancer Institute, the American Cancer Society, President's Cancer Panel, American Medical Women's Association, National Organization for Women, National Women's Health Network and the National Women's Health Resource Center. There is no answer. Not one. Given the lack of interest, we decided to publish our findings in a book, get the information directly to women who needed to hear.

But women are the message?

It has been 13 years since our first publication of the book. During this period, over 500,000 women in the U.S. alone have died of breast cancer, with another two million have been diagnosed with this terrible disease - a disease that is in most cases preventable by a simple relaxation or elimination of the bra. And yet this vital information was actively suppressed and censored by the medical industry and lingerie.

Examples of suppression and censorship

A large public relations firm in New York City was ready and willing to help us communicate this information to the public. "My wife just had a breast cancer, and I'm sure you're right," the head of the company attorney. A listing of major media and the celebration was planned. A few days later, however, the company withdrew its offer to help, stating that one of his clients, a large medical center, opposed to their work with us.

In Sydney, Australia public relations firm decided to contribute to make our work when we were making efforts to raise awareness in their countries. But it also has been reversed. We asked if they had conflicts of interest, such as industry clients lingerie. They said they did not. But as it turned out, they are a pharmaceutical company that manufactures a drug to treat breast cancer, and breast cancer prevention and treatment are in conflict, they said.

The Intimate Apparel Council (which is the trade association for U.S. industry bra billions of dollars) threatened our publisher, Avery Publishing Group, with a lawsuit if Dressed To Kill was released. The publisher said the publicity would help spread the word. The trial never materialized.

After the book was published, the new NBC show on television, Dateline, was interested in doing a story on our work. We have been interviewed extensively by a skeptical journalist who became a supporter. The story was then abruptly stopped. The producer explained that the confidential policy of General Electric, which owns NBC, is to avoid the dissemination of news that may harm the interests of other GE. In this case, GE is a manufacturer of mammography machines.

Women's magazines such as Glamour, Self, and others, published critical articles condemning our work, and find "experts" to encourage women to continue wearing bras. The magazine provided a positive story about the bra cancer link /, but was forced to make history by advertisers bra. In various newspapers around the world, like the Guardian UK, the stories have been removed before publication because of fear they may "panic the public", including their underwear advertisers.

The British Fashion Council (which is the British equivalent of Intimate Apparel Council) has published the Guide to Breast Health in 1996 to oppose our efforts. They announced the creation of the Breakthrough Breast Cancer Foundation, which was to receive donations from the sale bra to fund genetic research in breast cancer. The.