Dieldrin Cancer Link.

From: Chemical Week | Date: December 16, 1998 | Copyright information

Women with the highest traces of the long-banned pesticide dieldrin in their blood are twice as likely to develop breast cancer as women with the lowest traces, according to a 19-year study of 7,700 women by Annette Hoyer, a researcher at ...

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