The President's Cancer Panel Report: "Reducing Environmental Cancer Risk: What We Can Do Now"
1:00 pm US Eastern Time
Slides & Resources
Organizational Responses
Lung Cancer Alliance responds to President's Cancer Panel report, May 6, 2010
Reproductive Health Advocates Commend the President’s Cancer Panel, May 6, 2010
Media Coverage
Nicholas Kristoff's, New York Times op-ed column, New Alarm Bells About Chemicals and Cancer
Journal of the National Cancer Institute, President's Cancer Panel Stirs Up Environmental Health Community, July 28, 2010
Science and Environmental Health Network: Networker newsletter, Reflections on the President's Cancer Panel Report (including commentary by Ted Schettler, MD, MPH), June/July 2010 issue
JAMA, New Report Argues Environmental Factors Are Underappreciated as Cancer Risks, June 22, 2010
Huffington Post, A Bridge to Somewhere - Responding to the President's Cancer Panel Report (Part 1), June 7, 2010
WTIC radio, CT: Greener Living Radio, Dr. Richard Clapp is featured in the first hour of the program speaking to cancer and environment and the PCP report, Greener Living Radio, June 5, 2010
Los Angeles Times, Environmental Cancer Risks May Be More Dangerous Than You Think, May 24, 2010
The Lancet, Preventable Cancer in the US, May 15, 2010
Time, Cancer, Cancer Everywhere, May 14, 2010
NPR On Point, Environmental Cancer Risk: The President's Cancer Panel sounds the alarm on environmental cancer risks, May 12, 2010
WBAI radio, NYC, Green Street Radio, Dr. Richard Clapp discusses the PCP, May 11, 2010
Huffington Post, Memo to the American Cancer Society: Every Cancer Counts, May 11, 2010
Reuters, Environmental Cancers Still a Wild Card, May 10, 2010
The Brian Lehrer Show, Cancer and the Environment, May 10, 2010
Effect Measure, Environmental Cancer: because it's there, May 8, 2010
Boston Globe, Cancer Panel Sounds Alarm on Exposure to Chemicals, May 7, 2010
New York Times op-ed column by Nicholas Kristoff, New Alarm Bells About Chemicals and Cancer, May 6, 2010
Huffington Post, blog post by Jeanne Rizzo, President and CEO of the Breast Cancer Fund, co-facilitator of CHE's Breast Cancer Working Group, Will the War on Cancer Evolve to Take on Environmental Risks?, May 6, 2010
Washington Post, "Cancer Panel: 'Grievous Harm' Posed by Unchecked Chemicals in US", May 6, 2010
Environmental Health News, President's Cancer Panel: Environmentally Caused Cancers Are 'Grossly Underestimated" and 'Needlessly Devastate American Lives, May 6, 2010
On the Ground, Nicholas Kristoff's blog, Cancer Panels and Journalistic Panels, May 5, 2010
Daily Kos, Vindicated...by President's Cancer Panel, no less, May 6, 2010
Breitbart, President's Cancer Panel Report Finds True Burden of Environmentally Induced Cancer Greatly Underestimated, May 6, 2010
Business Week, US Must Do More to Cut Cases of Environmental Cancers , May 6, 2010
USA Today, Toxins Causing 'Grievous Harm', Cancer Panel Says, May 6, 2010
MedPage Today, Cancer Panel Says Environment May Contribute to Cancer Risk, May 6, 2010
Plastic News, Obama's cancer panel pushes for more regulation of chemicals, May 6, 2010
Advancing Green Chemistry, President's Cancer Panel Report links environmental toxics to cancer; strongly endorses Green Chemistry, May 6, 2010
Los Angeles Times, Cancer Risk of Chemicals in the Environment Uncertain, May 5, 2010
NPR's Health Blog, Everyday Chemicals Threaten Our Health, But Exact Risks Are Unknown, May 6, 2010
Reuters, American's 'Bombarded' With Cancer Causes: Government Panel, May 6, 2010
The President’s Cancer Panel (the Panel), a three-person, federal advisory committee appointed by the President, was established in 1971 with the passage of the National Cancer Act. The Panel is charged with monitoring the development and execution of the activities of the National Cancer Program. Each year, the Panel holds at least four public meetings to solicit input from a variety of stakeholders and submits an annual report to the President of the United States with recommendations focused on improving the National Cancer Program.
The Panel’s latest report, Reducing Environmental Cancer Risk What We Can Do Now, was released on May 5, 2010. (Select the link for Annual Report for 2008-2009)
CHE hosted a national partnership call to hear from representatives of the President's Cancer Panel and learn more about the report's findings and key recommendations. We also heard scientists' reactions to the report.
Featured Speakers
- Abby B, Sandler, PhD, Executive Secretary, President's Cancer Panel, Chief, Institute Review Office, National Cancer Institute
- Richard Clapp, DSc, MPH, is Professor of Environmental Health, Boston University School of Public Health
- Julia G. Brody, PhD, Executive Director, Silent Spring Institute
- Janet Nudelman, Breast Cancer Fund
The call was moderated by Elise Miller, Director, CHE.
