Lifetime Accumulation of Estrogen - The human body naturally produces estrogen plus an array of other hormones responsible for myriad body functions. It is critically important that everything stay in balance. In the past 50 years modem society, virtually the whole world, has been assaulted with manmade chemicals that are affecting humans, wildlife, and the entire planet. A major portion of these chemicals are petroleum-based, including polyvinyl chloride plastics which also have the ability to mimic estrogen. According to many scientists, we are swimming in a sea of estrogens.
Radiation is so far, the only one truly prouen cause of breast cancer.
Yet, it is ahnost impossible to find members of the medical community or government who warn women about the real risk of medical exposure, or of environmental exposure from nuclear power plants and experimental labs. This is very much a silent topic. Radiation damage to the DNA combined with our body's overload of estrogen could be major factors in the development of breast cancer. If we are to make any progress in reducing the incidence of breast cancer it will be imperative for us to look more closely at environmental factors and take action at this level. Janette D. Sherman, MD, author of Chemical Exposure and Disease, suggests that women with breast cancer have a lipid tissue biopsy performed to find out what residues of toxic chemicals are in their bodies.