The Breast Cancer Fund has released a comprehensive study on effects of the environment and breast cancer.
The Breast Cancer Fund has released a comprehensive study on effects of the environment and breast cancer.
State of the Evidence 2008:
The Connection Between Breast Cancer and the Environment
Edited by Janet Gray, Ph.D., published by the Breast Cancer Fund
Breast cancer incidence rates in the United States increased by more than 40 percent between 1973 and 1998. In 2008, a woman's lifetime risk of breast cancer is one in eight.
State of the Evidence 2008 is a comprehensive report on the environmental exposures linked to increased breast cancer risk, including natural and synthetic estrogens; xenoestrogens and other endocrine-disrupting compounds; carcinogenic chemicals and radiation.
To read the full report go www.breastcancerfund.org/evidence
