Re: U.S. issues stamp to raise breast cancer funds

[Ed Kothiringer/Maureen Press-Merkur]

At 10:40 AM 4/8/98 -0500, us wrote:

>U.S. issues stamp to raise breast cancer funds
>
>The U.S. Postal Service said Tuesday it had approved a 40-cent stamp that
would raise money for breast cancer research. The design of the stamp, which
will only be usable in place of a 32-cent first-class stamp, will be
revealed in May, it said in a statement. The stamp will be issued nationwide
in August. "Seventy percent of net proceeds will be given to the National
Institutes of Health (NIH) and 30% will be given to the Department of
Defense," the Postal Service said. The Pentagon is helping to develop
technology for breast cancer research. (Reuters)

Huh?  What the h-e-double hockey-sticks is the pentagon doing developing
breast cancer research?!

Have I fallen off the edge of the world or what!

is *any* money going to anything other than better "slash-burn-poison"
research?  like environmental estrogens or other environmental toxins?

well, Toto, I don't think we're in Kansas anymore....


Namaste

Maureen

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