‘Pinktober’ Nauseates CdA Woman

Breast cancer Orbit gum. Mike’s Hard Lemonade. Campbell’s soup. Swiffer 3-in-1 starter kits. Breast cancer maximum-strength pepper spray. Nail polish. Socks and shoes. Rubber duckies, water bottles, tote bags, Barbie dolls. Breast cancer fried chicken in a bucket. Breast cancer drill bits, painted pink by a fracking company. Heather Caro (shown in Kathy Plonka photo) feels a little nauseated, she said, every time “Pinktober” rolls around. This time, it’s not the chemo. It’s that breast cancer has become what she and others call the “shopping disease,” with countless products – especially during Breast Cancer Awareness Month – adorned with breast-cancer pink ribbons, their sales sometimes doing little or nothing to benefit patients or research. “It feels like blood money to me,” Caro said, “when I have friends that are dying of this disease, and it’s such a hideous thing to go through”/ Adrian Rodgers , SR. More here.