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- <text id=93TT1573>
- <title>
- May 03, 1993: Relentless DDT
- </title>
- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1993
- May 03, 1993 Tragedy in Waco
- </history>
- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- THE WEEK, Page 24
- HEALTH & SCIENCE
- Relentless DDT
- </hdr>
- <body>
- <p>Years later, residual amounts of the pesticide may trigger breast
- tumors
- </p>
- <p> Though banned in the U.S. in 1972, DDT is not forgotten.
- Soluble in fat, the insecticide leaves trace amounts that can
- linger for decades in human tissue. Now a study published by the
- National Cancer Institute suggests that these residual effects
- may be deadly. Researchers from the Mount Sinai School of
- Medicine and New York University have found that the greater the
- exposure to DDT the higher the risk of breast cancer for women.
- </p>
- <p> The scientists measured the pesticide residue in blood
- samples taken from 58 women in whom breast cancer had recently
- been discovered. Then they analyzed the blood of 171 women who
- had similar medical histories but no cancer. On average, the
- cancer patients had 35% more residue in their blood. Although
- the results are preliminary, the team believes that the
- association between DDT and breast cancer bears further
- investigation.
- </p>
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- </body>
- </article>
- </text>
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