World's Longest Chain of Bras

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Cyprus tries for world's longest chain of bras

Organizers hope to raise awareness of screenings for breast cancer

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Updated: 9:32 a.m. ET April 19, 2006

NICOSIA, Cyprus - Women on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus hope to form

the world's longest chain of bras with the twin aims of heightening

awareness of breast cancer and winning a place in the Guinness Book of

Records.

The Cypriot, British and Dutch organizers hope to string together as many as

100,000 bras on April 30, beating the current record of 79,000 bras held by

Singapore, and forming a 56-mile chain.

" It's an odd thing to do, but it's the perfect way to get the message

across. It's important that people are aware of the risks, and the need for

regular screening, " said Louise van Rooij, a Dutch resident of Cyprus.

Women as far afield as Alaska have contributed bras, including Betty

Boothroyd, Britain's first female speaker of the House of Commons and a

regular visitor to the holiday island.

Breast cancer kills about 400,000 women worldwide each year, and doctors say

regular screening, especially for women over 50, is vital for early

detection which is crucial to a woman's chances of survival.

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Why Tight Bras and Panties Have to Go

Research has shown that restrictive clothing can cut off proper circulation

of blood and lymph, and thereby participate in the onset of cancer or other

diseases. This is especially true of women's brassieres. You can read Singer

and Grismaijer's book Dressed

<http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0895296640/naturalhealthandA/> to

Kill: The Link Between Breast Cancer and Bras (ISBN # 0-89529-664-0, Avery

Publishing Group, 1995) for full details about the studies. They showed that

women who wear a bra more than 12 hours a day have a dramatic likelihood of

developing Fibrocystic breast disease. You can visit

http://www.www.selfstudycenter.org <http://www.selfstudycenter.org%20> for

a bibliography.

When the body is compressed by a garment, the first system that is effected

is the low pressure lymphatic system. This microscopic network of

thin-walled vessels removes fluid, toxins, and debris from the tissues,

carrying the material to lymph nodes. These nodes are filters and producers

of white blood cells that combat infections and cancer cells. In brief, the

lymphatic vessels and nodes make up the immune system's circulatory pathway.

Interference with the lymphatic system causes fluid congestion within the

tissue, and results in tissue toxification and degeneration.

Dr. Heigh of Florida found that over 90% of women with fibrocystic

diseases improve their condition when they stop wearing their brassieres.

Without a bra, the breasts move with each step. This action tends to flush

toxins from the breast areas through the lymph system. Large concentrations

of lymph nodes lie just under and in the armpit, and some bras so severely

restrict lymph action that trouble can result. Women who exercise have less

chance of getting breast cancer. But the likelihood of getting breast cancer

is increased by wearing a bra to bed. The good doctor also asserts that

wearing a bra can make the breasts sag even more than they otherwise would

because the bra prevents the chest muscles from getting the proper exercise,

and so they tend to atrophy, causing more droop.

Many women feel that they need to wear a bra in order to be socially

acceptable or to elevate sagging breasts so as to be more appealing to men

and challenging (or competitive) to other women. While these might seem to

be good justifications, they nevertheless increase the risk of breast

cancer. Beside that, most men prefer to watch women's breasts " in action " ,

and I share the sentiment. To all, I say " Shuck the bras " and Let the

Puppies Breathe!. While you are at it, do things that let the breasts move

around and enjoy the cleansing. It is for the good of mankind.

For your information, here are the statistics shown in the book:

Why You Should " Let the Puppies Breathe "

Hours in a Bra Per Day

Chance of Breast Cancer

24

75.00% (3 out of 4)

>12 (but not to bed)

14.28% (1 out of 7)

<12

00.66% (1 out of 152)

0 (or rarely)

00.60% (1 out of 168)