Story no.174Ongoing·Health·Low·Loire-Atlantique +2·25 Oct → 3 Nov·10 facts · 11 art.

In late October 2026, criticism of the Pink October campaign circulates on social media. On October 28, an op-ed denounces a campaign that individualizes breast cancer and absolves environmental causes and polluting industries, and calls for breast cancer to be recognized as an occupational disease. A Reporterre investigation published on October 29 highlights controversial cosmetics sold to benefit the fight against cancer, while another op-ed criticizes the campaign’s silence on environmental causes. In late October and early November, mammography wait times in Loire-Atlantique and the issue of screening in France are highlighted, an analysis underscores the sidelining of environmental factors, and the collective Cancer Colère renames Pink October “Octobre Colère”; the campaign is also accused of pinkwashing. On November 3, after the close of Pink October 2026, a radiologist from Le Havre and Montivilliers questions the future of organized screening in Normandy.