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The Biggest Breast Cancer Risk Factor That No One Is Talking About | Reproductive Justice and Gender | AlterNet

The Biggest Breast Cancer Risk Factor That No One Is Talking About
By Lucinda Marshall, AlterNet.  October 23, 2008. While the media sound alarms about breast cancer’s links to lifestyle choices and genetics, a much more likely risk factor is going undiscussed……………………………there is very little mention of environmental factors such as auto exhaust, and chemicals like parabens and phthalates that we are exposed to every day.

The most deafening silence, however, is about radiation, which is a 100 percent known cause of cancer. We are exposed to radiation in a variety of ways, through X-rays, CT scans and mammograms, but also by living near a nuclear power plant or having been exposed to weaponry that uses depleted uranium……………………- it is obvious that ionizing radiation is a major cause of cancer globally,……………………………breast cancer map from Centers for Disease Control data identifies that within a 100-mile radius of nuclear reactors is where two-thirds of all U.S. breast cancer deaths occurred between 1985 and 1989. The map  of nuclear power plants in the U.S. identifies them as the major cause of breast cancer in the U.S., as well as nuclear weapons labs in New Mexico, Idaho, Washington and California. This is further confirmed by the breast cancer clusters identified in Japan and California, which occurred where it rained the day the Chernobyl radiation cloud passed over and the rain deposited the fission products in the environment.

The Biggest Breast Cancer Risk Factor That No One Is Talking About | Reproductive Justice and Gender | AlterNet

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October 24, 2008 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | environment