All We are Saying ….is Give Prevention a Chance!

What I have always loved about BCAM (BCAQ) is the group’s focus on real prevention.  As an environmental health advocate, I work with a range of international networks to highlight the many chemical links to cancer and other diseases. But it can be hard to get this message out to the public in a way that empowers people to take action.  And that’s what makes BCAM so effective: they love to talk to people in ways that grab attention, be it an interactive and animated talk or a march down Rue Ste Catherine.  But my most cherished memory is of our ‘bed in’ at the John Lennon suite in the Queen Elizabeth Hotel where John and Yoko recorded ‘Give Peace a Chance’ in 1969.  Fast forward to 2011 and here we are all singing ‘Give Prevention a Chance’ on the same bed in the same suite adorned with photos of visitors and journalists visiting the iconic pair.  Our aim was to raise attention to the need to label known carcinogenic chemicals in consumer products.

It’s that wonderful inventive spirit from dedicated volunteers that I love most about BCAQ. Congratulations on 25 years of dedicated promotion of safer products and a healthier community!