Newton, MA – One day after the release of a study linking cleaning compounds and pesticides to behavioural disorders in children, the non-profit research group Silent Spring Institute (SSI) says it will prepare a study to develop guidelines for testing of chemicals found in household cleaners and furniture finishes that may cause breast caner in women.
The study will compile a list of chemicals already identified as causing mammary tumors in animals and will develop guidelines for how additional chemicals should be tested.
About 100 compounds have been identified as priorities for breast cancer research because they cause mammary tumors in animals. Researchers suspect human breast cancer may be related to these compounds, pollutants found in household products, including some cleaners, furniture finishes, and pesticides.
“This new study is designed to search out the causes of breast cancer, offering hope that we will one day find ways to prevent this disease,” says Dr. Julia Brody, SSI executive director.
The study is being funded by a $30,000 donation from the Law Offices of James Sokolove.
“With breast cancer affecting one out of eight women, we need to take more aggressive steps to eradicate the disease,” says Sokolove. “As a husband and father, I am committed to supporting organizations examining environmental links to cancer and especially breast cancer.”
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