Cares Enough to Wear Pink

My wife (a rad tech) tells me breast tissue is especially susceptible to ionizing radiation (the kind used in medical imaging).

In addition to the issues above, a perception problem in the public eye exist as well. The average person views breast cancer as something horrible that happens to people (regardless of lifestyles that lead to it) and obesity and heart disease as something people deserve because they do it to themselves. Until this is changed, cancer will always be a "more worthy cause" (insert sarcasm).
 
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I have to agree with LucidResq... I'm also annoyed and tired of seeing and hearing all the hype over the breast cancer thing. Before all the lashings I will say that I do think promoting awareness of diseases is great as it aids in an understanding of the disease and can be used as a tool to have more routine and self-screening performed. But the whole pink thing has gone too far. It has become a fad.

Breast cancer (as is all cancer) is a bad thing and I sympathize with people who are unfortunate to get it... but is breast cancer really that out of control? Has the incidence sky rocketed so much that we need to paint the world pink?

If we are gonna paint the world pink and be extreme than I think we should have a "go shirtless for boobies" day... pink bras required :) that would draw the needed attention to the issue.
 
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Saw on the news tonight they are now finding women with breast cancer have almost no levels of vit. D before they start treatment
 
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Supporting breast cancer awareness has become a fad. That's all these pink shirts, wristbands, stickers, and whatever other novelty have turned a horrible disease into. Yes, there are other illnesses/diseases/etc out there that are just as bad, if not worse, but all this "go pink" stuff has made it almost glamorous to have been stricken with breast cancer. If we're raising awareness about this, then why not all the other stuff that people overlook all the time.
 
Just for the record, I do think that there is a limit to how far one should go to support a cause. I think that in this case, for this cause, some of the products on this page (link) go past that limit, particular the pink fire helmets and the pink tasers. I can't see spending that much money for a helmet that you'd only wear one month out of the year, and I certainly can't see wearing a pink helmet all year long. The pink hoods are borderline; they're cheap enough that it wouldn't be totally ridiculous to get them to use only one month out of the year. Still, that money might be better donated; not many people outside of the FD are likely to see the hood.
 
I believe the pink shirts were a wonderful idea, and a great way to show support for Breast Cancer Awareness. Our local fire department is doing the same thing through the month of October and there have been several compliments made on them and showing their support for the cause.
 
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