Abstract

A Toxic Link to Breast Cancer?

Marion Moses, director of the Pesticide Education Center in San Francisco explains that fat is a sink for toxic chemicals, and the more fat people have, the more chemicals they can absorb. DDT is an organochlorine, a type of chlorine-based compound produced in the manufacture of pesticides, herbicides, petrochemicals, plastics and paper. Human beings are, of course, at the top of the food chain, and once these chemicals are in them, they never go away. People may not be surprised that a woman today has a one-in-eight chance of getting breast cancer. Hormones work by attaching to cell receptors that are specifically designed for that hormone, and once they connect with the receptor, they trigger a cascade of chemical changes, they are like keys that open specific locks.