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Pesticide DDT linked to increased breast cancer risk generations after exposure

Health, News / April 15, 2021

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

Community Rights, Health, News, Social Equity / March 3, 2019

“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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