Boycott of Komen Foundation and American Cancer Society: Don’t Send Them Money, Send Them Your Bra!

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BY SYD SINGER – Does wearing constrictive bras for long periods of time daily contribute to breast cancer?

It does, according to at least 5 research studies and numerous healthcare providers, including oncologists and MD’s. Even some lingerie manufacturers have developed new bra designs hoping to minimize lymphatic constriction and thereby help prevent breast cancer, citing the bra-cancer theory for their patents.

But it doesn’t, according to the American Cancer Society and the Susan G. Komen Foundation, fund raising giants of the cancer detection and treatment world, which consider the link absurd and unworthy of serious consideration, and unquestionably assume that research showing a link must have some other explanation besides bras.

Shrugging off the bra-cancer link is killing hundreds of thousands of women and wasting billions of dollars in unnecessary detection and treatment, according to husband and wife medical anthropologists, Sydney Ross Singer and Soma Grismaijer, co-authors of Dressed To Kill: The Link Between Breast Cancer and Bras (Avery/Penguiin Putnam 1995; ISCD Press, 2005).

Singer and Grismaijer are calling for a boycott of these organizations until they stop dismissing the bra-cancer link, and begin educating doctors and women about the cancer hazards of wearing tight bras.

Their research on the bra wearing habits of US women with and without breast cancer showed that bra-free women have about the same incidence of breast cancer as men, and that the tighter and longer a bra is worn the higher the incidence rose, up to 100 times greater for 24/7 bra wearers.

When they first notified cancer organizations about their discovery, they were completely ignored or ridiculed. Now, 20 years later, the American Cancer Society and the Susan G. Komen Foundation still ridicule the information out of hand, and try to explain away the link as a ridiculous “myth”.

Why are women not hearing about this from the ACS and Komen Foundation? Why are these organizations, so eager to fund raise for a cure, so opposed to preventing this disease by addressing the bra-cancer link? Could it be because lingerie companies donate to their charities? Could it be that preventing this disease by challenging the cultural norm of bra wearing is too taboo for these detection and treatment focused organizations?

According to Singer and Grismaijer, whatever their reason, it is wrong for the bra-cancer link to be dismissed and ignored. Because of this unscientific stonewalling of this information, over the past 20 years 2,000,000 women in the US alone have gotten breast cancer who may have prevented it by simply loosening their bra and wearing it less time each day.

Singer and Grismaijer suggest that whenever the ACS or Komen Foundation ask for a donation, send them your bra, instead! This will give them the message, and help you prevent breast cancer at the same time.

References:

http://ww5.komen.org/BreastCancer/FactorsThatDoNotIncreaseRisk.html

“Scientific evidence does not support a link between wearing an underwire bra (or any type of bra) and an increased risk of breast cancer. There is no biological reason the two would be linked, and any observed relationship is likely due to other factors.”

https://www.cancer.org/cancer/breastcancer/detailedguide/breast-cancer-risk-factors

Internet e-mail rumors and at least one book have suggested that bras cause breast cancer by obstructing lymph flow. There is no good scientific or clinical basis for this claim.

https://www.killerculture.com/breast-cancer-is-preventable/

STUDIES THAT SUPPORT THE BRA/CANCER LINK:

1991 Harvard study (CC Hsieh, D Trichopoulos (1991). Breast size, handedness and breast cancer risk. European Journal of Cancer and Clinical Oncology 27(2):131-135.). This study found that, “Premenopausal women who do not wear bras had half the risk of breast cancer compared with bra users…”
1991-93 U.S. Bra and Breast Cancer Study by Singer and Grismaijer, published in Dressed To Kill: The Link Between Breast Cancer and Bras (Avery/Penguin Putnam, 1995; ISCD Press, 2005). Found that bra-free women have about the same incidence of breast cancer as men. 24/7 bra wearing increases incidence over 100 times that of a bra-free woman.

Singer and Grismaijer did a follow-up study in Fiji, published in Get It Off! (ISCD Press, 2000). Found 24 case histories of breast cancer in a culture where half the women are bra-free. The women getting breast cancer were all wearing bras. Given women with the same genetics and diet and living in the same village, the ones getting breast disease were the ones wearing bras for work.

A 2009 Chinese study (Zhang AQ, Xia JH, Wang Q, Li WP, Xu J, Chen ZY, Yang JM (2009). [Risk factors of breast cancer in women in Guangdong and the countermeasures]. In Chinese. Nan Fang Yi Ke Da Xue Xue Bao. 2009 Jul;29(7):1451-3.) found that NOT sleeping in a bra was protective against breast cancer, lowering the risk 60%.

2011 a study was published, in Spanish, confirming that bras are causing breast disease and cancer.https://www.portalesmedicos.com/publicaciones/articles/3691/1/Patologias-mamarias-generadas-por-el-uso-sostenido-y-seleccion-incorrecta-del-brassier-en-pacientes-que-acuden-a-la-consulta-de-mastologia- It found that underwired and push-up bras are the most harmful, but any bra that leaves red marks or indentations may cause disease.

STUDIES THAT REFUTE THE BRA/CANCER LINK:

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  10. The Harvard said in its publicly accessible abstract, not linked in this article; "Premenopausal women who do not wear bras had half the risk of breast cancer compared with bra users," notice the comma, followed by "possibly because they are thinner and likely to have smaller breasts."

    This is called cherry picking evidence.

    They give you the link to Killer Culture blog (oh yea, I want ALL my information about scientific matter to come from them!) but don't do the ten minutes of research to get the links to the other studies. So, I'll post the Harvard one.
    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1827274

    As you can read for yourself if you go there there is the conclusions have NOTHING WHATSOEVER TO DO WITH BRA WEARING. Their findings are that there is a link between breast cancer and bra size. It says, "These data suggest that bra cup size (and conceivably mammary gland size) may be a risk factor for breast cancer.".

    Get it off and Dressed to Kill are nothing more than Penguin paper backed books. The authors are not research scientists and they have never ever ever had anything published in a peer review journal. In fact their other books make claims like; sleeping on a tilted bed can prevent everything from Alzheimer's disease to impotence and; that defecating, urinating and sweating more frequently and more copiously can prevent many conditions such as prostate enlargement and the symptoms associated with menopause.

    With the profits they've made with their medicine show quackery they live live in Hawaii, on a 67-acre (270,000 m2) rainforest area that they have set up as a sanctuary for the invasive, non-native coqui tree frog species. Their current focus is on the dangers of sleeping on a horizontal surface.
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dressed_to_Kill_%28…

    I'm sure if there was something quotable in the Chinese study someone would translate it. It's available in a free pdf but it's not translated.

    The Spanish language "study" can be Googled and is easily translated. It says clearly in "Materials and Methods:” that “transeccional did a descriptive study, non-experimental design.". They examined and gave questionnaires to 73 women, 62% of which already had breast conditions. That's it, that’s their "Study". 73 women, put the results on a graph. Really, check for yourself.
    https://www.portalesmedicos.com/publicaciones/arti…

    I found this article because these claims are going around Facebook, which is now the biggest source of disinformation on the planet.

    • Actually, the Harvard study says breast size may be a small factor for POST-menopausal women, while their finding of significantly lower incidence of breast cancer was found in bra-free PRE-menopausal women.

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