Global context:
Breast cancer is a global problem because it affects all women and men all over the world. Women who live in developed countries tend to have a higher lifetime risk of breast cancer than women who live in developing countries.“It is estimated that more than 1.7 million new cases of breast cancer occurred among women worldwide in 2012”. “Breast cancer in men is rare, an estimated 2,350 men will be diagnosed with breast cancer and approximately 440 will die each year”. 2.9 million breast cancer survivors are alive today.
One of the main causes of breast cancer is breast cancer interconnect with fracking issues because Fracking threatens the necessities of life, and just as this process drives climate change, it also increases our risk for breast cancer. Twenty-five percent of the chemicals used in fracking have been linked to cancer. one of those chemicals used in the fracking process: benzene, a known carcinogen that has been linked to male breast cancer through occupational exposure.