*Half of All Breast Cancers are Tied to Pollution

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*Half

of All Breast Cancers are Tied to Pollution

Breast

cancer rates in the United States have been on the rise since the

1940s.

Today, one in seven women will be diagnosed with breast cancer

during

her lifetime -- a rate triple the number in the 1960s.

 

What is

behind this significant rising trend that has made breast cancer

the

most common cancer among U.S. women? Conventional medical literature

states

that age (over 65), family history and lifestyle factors

(including

not exercising, being obese and drinking a lot of alcohol)

all

affect the risk.

 

Bisphenol-A,

a compound used to make plastic baby bottles, food storage

containers,

children's toys, soda cans and more may be causing breast

cancer

in women.

 

But,

says Nancy Evans, health science consultant for the Breast Cancer

Fund

and principle author of a new report " State of the Evidence, " the

cause

of a large number of breast cancer cases remain unexplained.

 

" You

just can't blame it on lifestyle factors, like when you have

children,

or if you have children, " Evans said. " Half the cases are not

explained

by genetics or the so-called 'known risk factors.' There's

something

else going on. "

 

*50

Percent of Breast Cancer Cases Not Caused by Genetics, Lifestyle*

The

report, produced by the two groups Breast Cancer Fund and Breast

Cancer

Action, found that lifestyle factors and genetics were not

involved

in half of the breast cancer diagnoses in 2005. And with 211,

240

women diagnosed last year, this represents a hefty number -- and a

grossly

overlooked factor (or several of them).

 

After

analyzing more than 350 studies on breast cancer, the researchers

determined

that only one in 10 breast cancer cases are due to genetics.

The

majority of cases arise, they say, from a combination of factors,

including

environmental pollution and exposure to low-dose radiation.

 

*Why

Plastics May Actually be Dangerous*

Low-dose

exposure to chemicals such as bisphenol-A (BPA) -- especially

as a

child -- may be having a profound effect on women.

</pdf/State%20of%20the%20Evidence%202006.pdf>

 

Read

the Entire " State of the Evidence 2006 " Report Here

</pdf/State%20of%20the%20Evidence%202006.pdf>

 

Bisphenol-A

is widely used in plastic containers, tin can and soda-can

linings,

baby bottles, children's toys and more. Close to 6 billion

pounds

are produced every year. However, studies find that it is far

from an

inert compound -- instead, it appears to be capable of altering

cells.

 

One

study, published in the journal Endocrinology, for instance, found

that

pregnant mice exposed to levels of the compound similar to what a

human

would typically be exposed to had alterations to the development

of

their mammary glands.

The

mammary glands of their female offspring grew in a way that made them

more susceptible to breast cancer development, and also responded unusually

to estrogen, which promotes breast cancer in humans.

 

 

Further,

due to the bisphenol-A exposure, the mice were less able to get rid of

damaged cells that could be cancerous than mice that were not exposed.

 

" This

is of tremendous concern because this is clearly a study that is

relevant

to human exposure levels to this chemical, " said Professor

Frederick

vom Saal, of the University of Missouri-Columbia.

 

What

does industry have to say of these findings? " When you look at this

body of

evidence in total, we didn't find any evidence that there is a

marked,

repeatable-across-laboratories effect that has any clear

scientific

standing, " said Lorenz Romberg, a consultant and former U.S.

Environmental

Protection Agency scientist (who has testified before the

government

for the chemical industry).

 

*Early

Mammograms May Also Warrant Concern*

The

American Cancer Society recommends that women over the age of 40 get

mammograms,

despite the fact that research suggests they're not

effective

until age 50.

 

Now new

research from the National Academy of Sciences suggests that

even

the lowest possible doses of radiation increase cancer risk.

 

" We

have to have a replacement for mammography. It's so aggressively

promoted,

especially for young women, " Evans said. " I'm not saying they

should

or shouldn't [have a mammogram]. They need to be aware of the

risk.

An additional 10 years of radiation is not insignificant. "

 

The

state of California has agreed with a 1,200-page report that found

exposure

to secondhand smoke causes breast cancer in younger women.

 

It

appears that a combination of factors is likely to blame for rising

breast

cancer rates. As of today, no one knows what happens when a

person

is exposed to low doses of chemicals, combined with low doses of

radiation

and other pollution.

 

*Secondhand

Smoke Officially a " Toxic Air Contaminant " in California *

California

regulators have recently ruled that secondhand smoke causes

breast

cancer in younger women. The first-of-its-kind ruling could lead

to

tougher measures to fight against smoking in the state.

 

The

1,200-page report from scientists at the California Environmental

Protection

Agency was unanimously approved by the state's Air Resources

Board.

It found that women under 50 who were exposed to secondhand smoke

had an

increased risk of breast cancer compared to those not exposed.

State

law in California will now list secondhand smoke as a " toxic air

contaminant. "

 

" There

should be an even stronger effort to eliminate secondhand smoke

exposure,

particularly for our young girls, " says Laura Esserman, a

surgeon

and researcher at the University of California-San Francisco.

 

Aside

from avoiding exposure to environmental toxins as much as

possible,

there are also dietary measures you can take to help prevent

breast

cancer -- including consuming plenty of these eight key nutrients

<http://www.sixwise.com/newsletters/05/11/2/cancer.htm>.

 

*Recommended

Reading*

Eight

Key Nutrients to Help Prevent Breast Cancer -- and Where to Find

Them

<http://www.sixwise.com/newsletters/05/11/2/cancer.htm>

 

The

Most Dangerous Toxin that Almost No One Knows About

<http://www.sixwise.com/newsletters/05/11/30/manganese.htm>

 

*Sources*

USA

Today January 26, 2006

<http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2006-01-26-smoke-cancer_x.htm>

The

Argus January 25, 2006

<http://www.insidebayarea.com/argus/localnews/ci_3435294>

 

Endocrinology.

2005 Sep;146(9):4138-47.

<http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve & db=pubmed & dopt=Abstract & list_uids=15919749 & query_hl=9

>

 

Scientists

Link Plastic Food Containers With Breast Cancer

<http://society.guardian.co.uk/cancer/story/0,8150,1495256,00.html>

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