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10/09/2007: "Pesticides cause breast cancer"

High levels of the primary component of DDT, in women exposed before mid-adolescence, were found to be predict a five-fold increase in breast cancer risk. Many American women heavily exposed to DDT in childhood have not yet reached 50 years of age, therefore the public health significance of DDT exposure in early life may be large.

[ But it was profitable... ]

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/10/071009082406.htm