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Pesticides and Breast Cancer Risk, An Evaluation of DDT and DDE, BCERF Fact Sheet No. 2

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dc.contributor.authorSnedeker, Suzanneen_US
dc.contributor.authorAllgyer, Ericaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-02-23T21:46:07Z
dc.date.available2010-02-23T21:46:07Z
dc.date.issued2001-03en_US
dc.descriptionFact sheet on the breast cancer risk of the pesticides DDT and DDEen_US
dc.description.abstractThis fact sheet describes the scientific evidence of whether exposure to the insecticide DDT and its persistent breakdown product DDE pesticide chlordane affects the risk of breast cancer and other cancers. It also includes information on the history of DDT's past use, detection of residues in food and breast milk, current efforts to reduce exposure, ways to minimize exposures, and where more research is needed.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipNew York State Department of Health, and the United States Department of Agriculture CSREES Cornell University Agriculture Experiment Station formula funds Project No. NYC-32943en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1813/14556
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherCornell University Program on Breast Cancer and Environmental Risk Factorsen_US
dc.subjectDDTen_US
dc.subjectDDEen_US
dc.subjectpesticideen_US
dc.subjectchemicalen_US
dc.subjectorganochlorineen_US
dc.subjectbreast canceren_US
dc.subjectenvironmental risk factoren_US
dc.titlePesticides and Breast Cancer Risk, An Evaluation of DDT and DDE, BCERF Fact Sheet No. 2en_US
dc.typefact sheeten_US

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