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Environmental Toxins, Radiation May Be Tied to Breast Cancer
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Page: << Prev | 1 | 2 | 3 In response to the report, Tiffany Harrington, public affairs director with the American Chemistry Council, said the chemical industry is seeking to better understand the complex relationship between modern chemistry and human health.
"The chemistry industry has contributed to endocrine research by supporting applied scientific studies focused on developing the datasets needed to evaluate the reliability of endocrine screening methods," she said.
Meanwhile, environmental medicine expert Dr. Jonathan Borak, an associate clinical professor of medicine at Yale University's School of Medicine, said a host of studies have found no clear link between specific toxins and breast cancer.
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"So far, I have not seen any compelling evidence of a link between any environmental contaminants and breast cancer," he said.
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For more on breast cancer, visit the American Cancer Society.
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Last updated 3/19/2008
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SOURCES: Janet Gray, Ph.D., professor, department of psychology, Vassar College, Poughkeepise, N.Y.; Tiffany Harrington, director, public affairs, American Chemistry Council, Arlington, Va.; Jeanne Rizzo, R.N., executive director, Breast Cancer Fund, San Francisco; Jonathan Borak, M.D., associate clinical professor of medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Conn.; The State of the Evidence: 2008, March 19, 2008
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