Blame pollutants for hike in breast cancer: scientist

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Blame pollutants for hike in breast cancer: scientist
Culprits could be in water, air, detergents, pesticides, plastics, epidemiologist says
CHARLIE FIDELMAN, The Gazette
Published: Thursday, April 03


Why are more women then ever being diagnosed with breast cancer?

Jane Brody, an internationally renowned epidemiologist, suspects the culprits are everyday pollutants found in everyday areas - drinking water, the air, detergents, pesticides, plastics and cosmetics.

"Most chemicals have not been studied for their effect on breast cancer, so there's a huge knowledge gap," Brody said in an interview yesterday.

The principal investigator of the 11-year, ongoing Cape Cod Breast Cancer and Environment Study of 2,100 women, Brody will be giving a lecture on the topic in Montreal tonight.

Her study, which found that Cape Cod women have a 20-per- cent higher rate of breast cancer than those living elsewhere in Massachusetts, is investigating whether chemicals that pollute air and water are also found in pesticides, detergents, plastics and cosmetics.

Evidence is mounting that certain chemicals are causing breast cancer in women, said Brody, executive director of the Silent Spring Institute. The institute is named in recognition of Rachel Carson's book that tied the use of pesticides to adverse effects on wildlife.

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[Summer93]

1. When will we learn

That sending toxic waste into the air, land and sea will also hurt the people who live needing the air, land and sea?

I remember seeing a news article naming a preservative (I think it may have been one of the parabens) was seen to migrate to breast tumors. I thought well, perhaps I should take this personally. I began reading labels of products I put on my skin and found them to contain this chemical. Time for me to go back and do some more reading on this. Time to shop at the health food store for creams and lotions.