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 Hormone Disruptors and Women’s Health:A Reason for Concern A woman’s body changes throughout her lifetime. Each stage of life, from fetal development to post-menopause, involves a direct relationship between her hormones and how her body develops and functions. When this relationship is in balance, it helps create the conditions for good health. When this relationship is out of balance, it can lead to a range of health problems that can be painful and devastating. Increasingly, the scientific evidence shows that some industrial chemicals, known as hormone disruptors, can throw off this balance. As a result, women can be at greater risk for experiencing health problems such as infertility and breast cancer. Download "Hormone Disruptors and Women's Health: Reasons for Concern" [PDF] Click here for the fully footnoted version [PDF] If you want to learn more about the environment and breast cancer a teaching tool from Vassar College including videos and easy-to-access information on concepts such as carcinogenesis and estrogen receptors, risk factors, the precautionary principle, and what we need to do to reduce exposure and eliminate the environmental causes of breast cancer click here: http://erbc.vassar.edu/erbc/
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