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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

http://www.breastcancerfund.org/site/pp.asp?c=kwKXLdPaE & b=206137

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.

This exhaustive catalog provides a much more complex picture of breast

cancer causation than traditionally accepted, one in which timing,

mixtures and dose of environmental exposures interact with genes and

lifestyle factors.

The scientific evidence provides the basis to move forward with research

and public policy changes that will help reduce our exposure to

chemicals and radiation linked to increased breast cancer risk.

*Findings*

While each study, chemical and exposure source alone doesn't tell the

whole story, looking at them together allows us to better understand how

to prevent the disease. Learn more about major emerging themes in breast

cancer causation through the links below.

Complexity of breast cancer causation

<http://www.breastcancerfund.org/site/lookup.asp?c=kwKXLdPaE & b=3959135>

Timing of exposure matters

<http://www.breastcancerfund.org/site/lookup.asp?c=kwKXLdPaE & b=3959139>

Mixtures: Chemicals, radiation and genes

<http://www.breastcancerfund.org/site/lookup.asp?c=kwKXLdPaE & b=3959137>

*Sources of Exposure*

Learn more about where and how we come into contact with chemicals and

radiation linked to increased breast cancer risk. Then learn what can be

done to reduce those exposures.

Air pollution

<http://www.breastcancerfund.org/site/lookup.asp?c=kwKXLdPaE & b=3959155>

Consumer exposures

<http://www.breastcancerfund.org/site/lookup.asp?c=kwKXLdPaE & b=3959159>

Occupational exposures

<http://www.breastcancerfund.org/site/lookup.asp?c=kwKXLdPaE & b=3959169>

Pesticides

<http://www.breastcancerfund.org/site/lookup.asp?c=kwKXLdPaE & b=3959157>

Radiation

<http://www.breastcancerfund.org/site/lookup.asp?c=kwKXLdPaE & b=3959151>

*Chemicals of Concern by Type*

The evidence is divided into three main sections, examining the

scientific links to breast cancer within each category. Click on each

category for an overview and list of chemical fact sheets.

Chemical carcinogens

<http://www.breastcancerfund.org/site/lookup.asp?c=kwKXLdPaE & b=3959177>

Hormones and endocrine disrupting compounds

<http://www.breastcancerfund.org/site/lookup.asp?c=kwKXLdPaE & b=3959179>

Radiation

<http://www.breastcancerfund.org/site/lookup.asp?c=kwKXLdPaE & b=3959181>

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Download PDF »

<http://www.breastcancerfund.org/site/lookup.asp?c=kwKXLdPaE & b=3957093>

Order printed copies »

<http://www.breastcancerfund.org/site/lookup.asp?c=kwKXLdPaE & b=2242393>

Read the executive summary »

<http://www.breastcancerfund.org/site/lookup.asp?c=kwKXLdPaE & b=1370047>

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