Fran Drescher: “The responsibility lies with us”
Fran Drescher’s dedication to eradicating cancer is a personal one. After a series of misdiagnoses by a number of doctors, Drescher was diagnosed with uterine cancer in 2000. In 2002, she wrote “Cancer Schmancer” about her experiences, and while on her book tour met many women who told her that her journey mirrored their own. Inspired, Drescher started the Cancer Schmancer movement and Cancer Schmancer Foundation to advocate prevention methods and early detection. Part of her organization’s prevention programs is Trash Cancer, which offers guidance on living a toxic-free lifestyle, starting with the products we choose to buy. Now, Drescher is also lending her support to the Carcinogen-Free Label Act, a bipartisan bill introduced to Congress that seeks to create a label similar to the “Organic” label that tells shoppers a product is free of cancer-causing agents. We asked the actress and activist to tell us more about her mission.
