Peace Bridge Lighting Commemorates Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month

Glad to see that other forms of cancer are getting some spotlight. While I sympathize with patients, survivors and victims of all forms of cancer, breast cancer has taken a somewhat disproportionate share of the headlines and funding in recent years. I'm glad the city and PBA are addressing one of the health issues that truly needs -yet rarely receives- the attention it deserves.

>other cancers have shown a marked reduction in mortality, due to the availability of early detection tests and improved treatments. Unfortunately, this is not the case with ovarian cancer

Time to research environmental links to WNY cancer. Are you listening Roswell? Time to use your power and reputation to focus on true *prevention*, not just early detection and treatment. Pay back the hospitality and millions of dollars WNY has given you for decades. (All those "Rides for Roswell" and recent "10 million donors".) The Breast Cancer Network of WNY has gone on record against Hydrofracking and will give a seminar on breast Cancer and the Environment on November 5. Nevertheless we need Roswell's vast resources (and donors) to make any real change in WNY cancer rates.

>(All those "Rides for Roswell" and recent "10 million donors".)

. . .and the tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars you've received from each major cancer patient, and huge taxpayer subsidies as a NY State institution.

PS: While were at it, why not use some of the gifts from pharmaceutical companies, and give back to WNY? (Per London's Financial Times: "Among the individual doctors receiving the highest level of support from drug companies was Zale Bernstein, an associate professor from the Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo, New York, who received $234,000 in 2010 from Cephalon, Eli Lilly and Pfizer. He has received more than $57,000 already this year. Dr Bernstein, who did not respond to repeated requests to comment, received most of his money in speaker fees as part of extensive industry-supported medical education programmes targeting other doctors.")

quite apart from whatever cause is being featured, i love seeing the peace bridge lit up in such brilliant colors.

we've come a long way from the knee-jerk condemnations of its supposed ugliness during the twin span debates of the '90s.

Would cool lighting make the Skyway not terrible? I think it's worth a shot.
http://www.dot.state.fl.us/structures/botm/bridgelighting/portlight.jpg

I like the lights on the bridge. I like the bridge!
Sad that so many are sick with cancer and hope there is a better way to get early detection of ovarian cancer or prevent it totally. Just find it odd that the PBA which promotes diesel spewing emissions into our city with the same known carcinogens that the Tonawanda Coke plant emits (just ask Clean Air Coalition) applauds itself for bringing attention to Ovarian Cancer. Imagine their PR firm sitting around the board room table saying "How can we look good to the community?"! The PBA doesn't care about anyone's health-don't be fooled people!

How do you know the PBA can't ban trucks from the bridge? Who says that can't?
They don't need to have a Duty Free on the bridge or a Duty Free at all. The Duty Free increases truck idling or just starting up again.
Does anyone know what the exact plan is now? I don't really think there is a plan on the table and if there is one, it certainly hasn't been communicated to the neighborhood. If you have any information, please share it!
The PBA didn't need to increase the number of special loads coming over the bridge either causing more idling and back ups on the bridge, as well as increasing the vehicles in the neighborhood.