Breast Cancer and DDT Use
Breast Cancer and DDT Use in Georgia Breast cancer has become more common in the United States the past thirty years. Georgia Breast Cancer Coalition Fund reveals “in Georgia, an estimated 5,400 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in 2003, and 1,000 women in our state will die from the disease” which is surprising (Georgia Breast Cancer Coalition Fund). ... Miranda Holmes, author of ‘Toxic ‘R’ Us’, states, “clinical studies have revealed that women with breast cancer have high concentration of toxins such as [. ... ] DDT’s in breast tissue” throughout middle-aged women (Holmes). DDT, or dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, is a cheap way to kill mosquitoes. ... Georgia Breast Cancer Coalition Fund states that in 2003, one thousand-three hundred U. ... men diagnosis with breast cancer (GBCCF). ... Snedeker publishes a fact sheet in Sprecher Institute of Comparative Cancer Research journal revealing “DDT [. ... DDT [. ... This essay discusses the strong up rise in breast cancer, the relationship between environmental factors and cancer, the distasteful amount used in Bainbridge, Georgia, and steps Americans can take to prevent themselves from the damage of these toxins. Breast cancer has been on the rise for the past thirty years. It is the most common diagnosis of cancer amongst women excluding skin cancer in Georgia. Rachel Carson reveals, “The risk rate for breast cancer, the disease which killed her, was 1 out of 20 women. ... To think that it could be a mother, sister, or wife having cancer with no history of it in the family. ... Given the rise in cancer rates in the last thirty years, I think it’s very safe to estimate that at least 90% of cancers that are diagnosed today are a result of exposure to environmental toxins” which surround us, over double the amount of women have breast cancer now (Holmes). The amount of women in Bainbridge who receive the diagnosis of cancer is immaculate.