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Businesses, schools and organizations
are invited to join us this October.The Valley Goes Pink is a grassroots, community-wide effort sponsored by Griffin Hospital, to create awareness about the need for regular mammograms, to help prevent breast cancer, to help raise funds for The Hewitt Center for Breast Wellness, and to showcase area organizations – all at the same time!Join the businesses, municipalities, and schools below and:
Dedicate a percentage of sales through a “pink promotion”“Pinkify” your business, office, school with ribbons or lightsHost a $5 casual / dress down or wear pink to work daySell Griffin Hospital wristbands or thumb bands
Get together with friends and neighbors and create your own event. Come up with
an original idea or copy another. Let us know what you’re doing! Contact Griffin Hospital Development Fund at 203.732.7504 or [email protected].
All funds benefit The Hewitt Center for Breast Wellness at Griffin Hospital.
Go Pink with us!
Ansonia
Emmett O’Brien Technical High SchoolAnsonia High SchoolInspired Style SalonJohn G. Prendergast SchoolThe Original Antonio’sMolto Bene at John J. Sullivan’sSpector Furniture
Beacon Falls
Beacon Falls PharmacyThe Original Antonio’s
Derby
Capelli SalonCity of Derby Derby High SchoolGrassy Hill Lodge Griffin HospitalJames Heating Oil LaSala: The Italian American Club of DerbyMattei’s Deli & CateringThe EdgeTown and Country Liquor Valley Medical Associates
Milford
Penner Law Firm
Naugatuck
All About You Home Care Services
B Bounce 'NBorough of NaugatuckFriendly’sJesse Camille’s RestaurantLineweber BrothersJohn McCormack, State Farm AgentJennifer Merrill, Coldwell Banker Realty 2000Naugatuck Fire Department Naugatuck RotaryNaugatuck Valley Savings and LoanNaugatuck Visiting Nurses AssociationPink Petal SweetThe Howard Whittemore Library
Oxford
Oxford High School
Regional
First Niagara BankWebster BankWells Fargo Bank
Seymour
Hull’s Funeral Home
Shelton
Booth Hill SchoolShelton High SchoolShelton Intermediate SchoolLong Hill SchoolAribella Restaurant
Blanchette’s Sporting GoodsCurtiss Ryan HondaDoggie Styles Electric Cable Assemblies Greater Valley Chamber of CommerceThe Young Emerging Professionals Hair After SalonHilton Garden InnIl Palio RestaurantInline Plastics OEM ControlsOrthopaetic Sports Medicine CanterPerry Hill SchoolPhysically FitPrudentialReal Estate TwoThe EdgeWellington’s Restaurant
Stratford
Homewood Suites by HiltonPersonalized Home Care
Southport
Wells Fargo Home Mortgage
Waterbury
Gateway Limousine
OUR THANKS to the following participants:
CITIZEN’S NEWSFriday, October 26, 2012 B13
Most families across the globe
have been affected by cancer.
Affecting millions of lives each year,
cancer does not discriminate.
A host of factors can determine if
a person gets cancer. One of the fac -
tors that can influence if a person gets
cancer is his or her exposure to car -
cinogens. Though many people have
heard of carcinogens, those same peo -
ple might be less familiar with what
carcinogens actually are, and if there’s
anything they can do to reduce expo -
sure to and protect themselves from
these potentially deadly substances.
What is a carcinogen?Substances and exposures that
can lead to cancer are called carcino -
gens. Carcinogens do not always
cause cancer, and substances consid -
ered carcinogens have varying levels
of cancer-causing potential. Minimal
exposure to certain carcinogens may
increase one’s risk of getting cancer
significantly, while other carcinogens
may cause cancer only after prolonged
exposure at high levels.
What happenswhen a person has cancer?
Cancer is caused by changes in a
cell’s DNA. This change can be caused
by carcinogens, though some carcino -
gens have no direct impact on DNA.
For example, a carcinogen may cause
cells to divide at a faster rate than is
normal, and that accelerated division
can increase the chances that DNA
changes will occur.
What are some examples of exposures?
Outside exposures, often referred
to as environmental factors, can also
be considered carcinogens. The fol -
lowing are a few of the more common
environmental factors that qualify as
carcinogens.
• Lifestyle factors: Poor nutrition,
use of tobacco and lack of physical
activity are a few of the lifestyle expo -
sures that can lead to cancer.
• Naturally occurring exposures:
Exposure to radon gas, infectious
agents and ultraviolet light are some
of the naturally occurring exposures
that can lead to cancer.
• Medical treatments: Men,
women and children who were
treated for certain ailments might
have been exposed to certain factors
that can lead to cancer. These include
treatments like chemotherapy, radia -
tion and medications that suppressed
The 411 on carcinogensthe immune system.
What are some examples of sub -stances that are known carcinogens?
As previously mentioned, not all
carcinogens will cause cancer. For
instance, some that are known human
carcinogens, including alcoholic bev-
erages, will not necessarily cause can -
cer. But the following are a few of the
more recognizable substances consid -
ered known human carcinogens.
• Asbestos
• Coal, indoor emissions from
household combustion
• Formaldehyde
• Mineral oils, untreated or mildly
treated
• Neutron radiation
• Nickel compounds
• Shale oils
• Tobacco smoke and smokeless tobacco
Are there differentclassifications of carcinogens?The International Agency for
Research on Cancer has spent the last
30 years evaluating the cancer-causing
potential of more than 900 likely sub -
stances and exposures. That research
has enabled the IARC to devise a sys -
tem for classifying carcinogens as fol -
lows:
• Group 1: Carcinogenic to
humans
• Group 2A: Probably carcino -
genic to humans
• Group 2B: Possibly carcinogenic
to humans
• Group 3: Unclassifiable as to
carcinogenicity in humans
• Group 4: Probably not carcino -
genic to humans
Because testing carcinogens is so
difficult (it is unethical to test on
humans), many of the carcinogens
studied by the IARC are classified as
being a probable, possible or
unknown risk. Slightly more than 100
of the candidates studied by the IARC
are classified as Group 1 carcinogens.
It’s important to note that, in addi -
tion to the IARC rating system, other
agencies and groups, including the
National Toxicology Program and the
U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, have developed their own rat -
ing systems to determine the cancer-
causing potential of certain sub -
stances and exposures.
For more information on carcino -
gens, including a list of known human
carcinogens, visit the American
Cancer Society at www.cancer.org.