HEALTH: USA: Breast Cancer Linked to Home Pesticide Chlordane

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HEALTH: USA: Breast Cancer Linked to Home Pesticide Chlordane

 

One in eight women in the United States will develop breast cancer according to

the latest statistics. Breast cancer rates in the U.S. are 3-7 times higher than

those in Asia.

 

This 2005 study conducted at the US Army Institute of Surgical Research and

Texas Tech University Health Science Center in Lubbock Texas found that

cancerous human breast tissue contained the chemical heptachlor epoxide (found

in the common home pesticide chlordane) at levels 4 times higher than

non-cancerous breast tissue.

 

Chlordane was the primary termite prevention pesticide used in over 30 million

U.S. homes between the mid 1950's and 1988. An estimated 50 million U.S.

residents are currently exposed to the volatization of this chemical from

previously treated pre-1989 homes on a daily basis.

 

Source: Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, Volume 90:55-64, 2005. For more

information on chlordane visit www.chem-tox.com/chlordane

 

 

Caroline Collard

 

World's first fully certified organic skin, body, oral and health care products

www.happyandhealthy.org.uk

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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