breast cancer

Pesticide DDT linked to increased breast cancer risk generations after exposure

Another reason to ban glyphosate (RoundUp) in the vineyards. “We don’t want to wait the next three generations to find out the chemicals that are in use now cause breast cancer,” said Brody. Pesticide DDT linked to increased breast cancer risk generations after exposure Groundbreaking study finds women whose grandmothers had high DDT exposure are …

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EPA Approves 10 Pesticides for Hemp, Makes Key Decision on Atrazine

Syngenta is the Swiss manufacturer. Atrazine has been linked to birth defects, low testosterone, increased risk of miscarriage, reduced male fertility, low birth weight, cancer (prostate, breast) and recent study possibly Parkinson’s. Atrazine is the most prevalent pesticide polluting our drinking water. Pest Control: Syngenta’s Secret Campaign to Silence Atrazine’s Critics EPA Approves 10 Pesticides …

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Glyphosate can trigger aggressive breast cancer when combined with another risk factor

“Another concerning aspect of the new study was pointed out by one of the authors, Sophie Lelièvre, a professor of cancer pharmacology at Purdue’s College of Veterinary Medicine. She said, “What was particularly alarming about the tumour growth was that it wasn’t the usual type of breast cancer we see in older women. It was …

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Insecticide Linked to Increased Breast Cancer Risk — 40 Years After Exposure

“The latest study, published earlier this month in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, found a 40-year lag between the timing of a woman’s first DDT exposure and her breast cancer diagnosis. Women who would first have been exposed to DDT in infancy had the highest risks of developing breast cancer before age 50, …

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Monsanto’s Glyphosate Found in California Wines, Even Wines Made With Organic Grapes

With soaring cancer rates in Napa and Sonoma along with rising use of glyphosate in vineyards (84,606 pounds on Sonoma vineyards in 2013 alone according to the California Department of Pesticide Regulation cdpr.ca.gov ) no wonder our once safe haven of organic and biodynamic wines is being polluted with the “probable” carcinogen. It is time to ban …

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Vineyards and Chemicals Connected to high cancer rates in France

Once again corporate profits trump public health. In Sonoma County, several groups have tried to get this legislation made into adopted regulations. One example is the Paul Hobb’s expansion next to 5 schools in the Sebastopol area. He is a chemically intensive grape grower according to County pesticide reports and got away signing a MOU …

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