Daily Grist: Breast cancer linked to farm work, and more

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At 02:32 PM 10/13/06, you wrote:

>The Killing Fields

>Study links breast cancer to farm work

>

>October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Think that has nothing to do

>with the environment? Guess again. A new study of women in Windsor,

>Ontario, found that those who have worked on a farm are 2.8 times more

>likely to develop breast cancer than those who haven't. The research was

>published yesterday in the Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. " If

>you were going to hypothesize about the No. 1 most likely cause of this

>elevated risk, I think you'd have to look at the whole chemical exposure

>that exists on farms, " said lead author James Brophy, rather

>diplomatically. He implicated diesel fumes, antibiotics, growth hormones,

>and, of course, pesticides, many of which can block normal functioning of

>hormones like estrogen. Interestingly, for women who worked in agriculture

>and then moved on to the auto industry, the cancer likelihood was bumped

>from 2.8 to four times. Plenty of other researchers are also studying the

>possibility that breast cancer is tied to environmental pollution, as

>Francesca Lyman reports in the latest issue of Ms. Magazine.

>

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>straight to the source: Toronto Star, Joseph Hall, 12 Oct 2006

>

>straight to the source: The Globe and Mail, Martin Mittelstaedt, 12 Oct 2006

>

>straight to the source: CBC News, 12 Oct 2006

>

>straight to the source: Ms. Magazine, Francesca Lyman, Fall 2006 (article

>unavailable online, alas)

 

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Obviously the article spells it out a little bit. By farms, the article means agribusiness chemical dispensaries, and not the kind of "farm" where one plants in terms of organic planting, natural (as in poop) fertilizers that enrich the soil if not the plant, and companion planting for bug resistance, etc.etc.

A think to keep in mind is that if it is deadly for a bug, it is probably not harmless to you.

 

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Friday, October 13, 2006 4:37 PM

Re: Daily Grist: Breast cancer linked to farm work, and more

 

 

At 02:32 PM 10/13/06, you wrote:>The Killing Fields>Study links breast cancer to farm work>>October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Think that has nothing to do >with the environment? Guess again. A new study of women in Windsor, >Ontario, found that those who have worked on a farm are 2.8 times more >likely to develop breast cancer than those who haven't. The research was >published yesterday in the Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. "If >you were going to hypothesize about the No. 1 most likely cause of this >elevated risk, I think you'd have to look at the whole chemical exposure >that exists on farms," said lead author James Brophy, rather >diplomatically. He implicated diesel fumes, antibiotics, growth hormones, >and, of course, pesticides, many of which can block normal functioning of >hormones like estrogen. Interestingly, for women who worked in agriculture >and then moved on to the auto industry, the cancer likelihood was bumped >from 2.8 to four times. Plenty of other researchers are also studying the >possibility that breast cancer is tied to environmental pollution, as >Francesca Lyman reports in the latest issue of Ms. Magazine.>>[ email | discuss | + digg | + del.icio.us ]>>straight to the source: Toronto Star, Joseph Hall, 12 Oct 2006>>straight to the source: The Globe and Mail, Martin Mittelstaedt, 12 Oct 2006>>straight to the source: CBC News, 12 Oct 2006>>straight to the source: Ms. Magazine, Francesca Lyman, Fall 2006 (article >unavailable online, alas)******Kraig and Shirley Carroll ... in the woods of SE Kentuckyhttp://www.thehavens.com/thehavens (AT) highland (DOT) net606-376-3363

 

 

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