Women's Exposure to Chemicals ... Unexpected Breast Cancer

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cp418 Member Posts: 7,079
edited June 2014 in Clinical Trials, Research News, Podcasts, and Study Results

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=womens-exposure-to-chemicals-may-explain-unexpected-breast-cancer

Women's Exposure to Chemicals May Explain Unexpected Breast Cancer

Vials of blood from the 1960s may help resolve why women without a family history still developed breast cancer

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited February 2013

    Very interesting, both my mother and I were exposed to above ground radioactive fallout in the late 1950s/early 1960s.  When my mother was pregnant with me, we lived in Chandler, Arizona, which at that time was surrounded by agricultural fields and production, suggesting exposure to DDT/pesticides. 

    But I'll refrain from sharing this news with her.  She's 83, and worries about me every day anyway. She'd feel awful if she felt she had passed on dangerous chemicals to me....

    I am sick of being someone's chemical experiment.

    Claire

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  • cp418
    cp418 Member Posts: 7,079
    edited February 2013

    http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/ehs/news/2013/breast-cancer-part-2

    Breast cancer and the environment: Studied for half a century, these women are 'a national treasure'

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