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Article: Pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyl residues in human breast lipids and their relation to breast cancer.
- Article from:
- Archives of Environmental Health
- Article date:
- March 1, 1992
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WIDESPREAD ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION has occurred with several pesticide residues of the halogenated hydrocarbon family, including dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT), dichlorodiphenyldichloro-ethylene (DDE), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), polybrominated biphenyls (PBBs), benzene hexachloride (BHC), hexachlorobenzene (HCB), dieldrin, and chlordane. These highly persistent, lipophilic, environmental chemicals have been detected worldwide in wildlife and in humans.(1) These chemicals cause cancer in animals, but evidence for human carcinogenicity is scant. It has also been reported that these compounds possess estrogenic activity,(2) suppress immune function,(3) ...