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Testing people for pollutants
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A study looking for environmental toxins in breast-milk samples puts
California at the forefront of the biomonitoring movement.

By Shari Roan
Times Staff Writer

October 6 2003

Torrance is home to a hazardous waste site; the Central Valley uses
copious amounts of pesticides; and Marin County has an unusually
high, and puzzling, rate of breast cancer. For scientists and
environmental activists, these disparate locations are the ideal
proving ground for a new theory. They believe that environmental
pollutants may play a role in various diseases, such as breast
cancer. To prove their hypothesis, they have begun collecting breast
milk from new mothers in all three locations.

The complete article can be viewed at:
http://www.latimes.com/features/health/la-he-biomonitoring6oct06,1,1246713.story


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Sandra Steingraber, Ph.D.
Distinguished Visiting Scholar
Division of Interdisciplinary Studies
307 Job Hall
Ithaca College
Ithaca,NY 14850-7012
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