8 Amendments of Corinne LEPAGE related to 2009/2103(INI)
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
recital G a (new)
recital G a (new)
Ga. Whereas prevention involves both primary prevention of incidence, which can be accomplished by reducing population exposure to cancer-related contaminants in the environment, in addition to secondary prevention via screening and early detection;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution
recital H b (new)
recital H b (new)
Hb. whereas environmental factors include not only environmental tobacco smoke, radiation and excessive UV exposure but also other chemical contaminants in air, soil and water, and many of which are in present in both occupational and residential settings through industrial and consumer products;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 b (new)
Paragraph 7 b (new)
7b. Considers that primary prevention is essential and shall involve actions on a broader scope of environmental factors defined as not only Environmental Tobacco Smoke (involuntary exposure to smoking), radiation, and excessive UV exposure, but also hazardous chemicals in the indoor and outdoor environment to which people are involuntarily exposed;
Amendment 52 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15
Paragraph 15
15. Calls on the Commission to provide funding for the further development of blood- and urine-based tests (biomarker tests) within the seventh research framework programme, bearing in mind that these early diagnosis procedures are promising tools for detecting different types of cancer (prostate, colon, ovarian, kidney, and bladder cancer);
Amendment 54 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls for support to be stepped up for research into cancer prevention, including research into the effects of harmful chemicals and environmental pollutants, nutrition, lifestyle, genetic factors, and the interaction of all these, and calls for the links between breast cancer and potential risk factors such as tobacco, alcohol and synthetic environmental and pharmaceutical hormones to be investigated;
Amendment 58 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 c (new)
Paragraph 16 c (new)
16c. Calls upon the Commission to ensure that swifter action is taken under the Community Strategy on Endocrine Disruptors,
Amendment 62 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 17
Paragraph 17
17. Calls on the Commission to encourage Member States to invest more of their resources in prevention, both primary (exposure to environmental pollutants) and secondary via screening and early detection;
Amendment 78 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 27
Paragraph 27
27. Urges the Commission and Member States to ensure that cancer medicines are uniformly available to all patients who need them in all Member States and that, whenever possible, the provision made for the above purpose includes the new ‘targeted’ cancer drugs recently put on the market;