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- About Us More "About Us" pages

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- How do we identify chemicals that cause breast cancer?
- How are we exposed to toxic chemicals?
- How do chemical exposures affect our health?
- How can we limit our chemical exposures?
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## SSI: An Introduction

### Silent Spring Institute is a mission-driven scientific research organization dedicated to uncovering the environmental causes of breast cancer

Our independent research is empowering a revolution in environmental health to prevent cancers by reducing people's exposure to harmful chemicals where they live, work, and play.

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Our innovative research is made possible thanks to philanthropic partners, foundations, and dedicated supporters like you.

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We believe everyone has a right to clean air, clean water, and safer products and that no one should get sick from toxic chemicals.
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We are creating new knowledge about cancer-causing chemicals—how we are exposed and how they affect our health.
- ### Our Impact

Our work is strengthening policies to protect consumers from toxics while making prevention a national research priority.

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### Common jobs held by immigrant women may put them at increased risk of breast cancer

New study sheds light on chemical hazards in U.S. workplaces and overlooked risks for female workers.

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### Breast cancer in young women: What to know

From the air we breathe to the products we use, how environmental factors may be driving the rise in early-onset disease.

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### Gala Celebration 2025

Thank you to all our friends and supporters for making our 2025 Gala Celebration a tremendous success. Together, we honored visionary leaders and raised vital funds for breast cancer prevention research.

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