Reproductive age women contemplating pregnancy have been warned off most
fish.  This experiment shows eating contaminated fish is a very real breast
cancer risk.  I grew up in Pittsburgh near the Allegheny River.
Judy Ritchie

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April 17, 2007 
Bringing Cancer to the Dinner Table: Breast Cancer Cells Grow Under
Influence of Fish Flesh
Tests of river fish indicate their flesh carries enough estrogen-mimicking
chemicals to cause breast cancer cells to grow 
By David Biello 

FISH FRIED:  Tests of fish caught in the rivers around Pittsburgh revealed
that their flesh contains enough estrogen-mimicking chemicals to promote
breast cancer growth. 
Many streams, rivers and lakes already bear warning signs that the fish
caught within them may contain dangerously high levels of mercury, which can
cause brain damage. But, according to a new study, these fish may also be
carrying enough chemicals that mimic the female hormone estrogen to cause
breast cancer cells to grow. "Fish are really a sentinel, just like canaries
in the coal mine 100 years ago," says Conrad Volz, co-director of exposure
assessment at the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute's Center for
Environmental Ecology. "We need to pay attention to chemicals that are
estrogenic in nature, because they find their way back into the water we all
use."
Con't.

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