Why 🐵 UnitedStatesNews-NoOpEd picked: New research finds 485 chemicals in US pesticide products linked to breast cancer

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Source: theguardian.com

<p>Paper raises questions about safety of food and other products as early onset breast cancer rates surge worldwide</p><p>New research has identified at least 485 chemicals used in US pesticide products that are linked to breast cancer, raising questions about the safety of food and other products at a time when early onset breast cancer rates are <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/feb/24/breast-cancer-diagnoses-deaths-surge-worldwide-who" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">surging worldwide</a>.</p><p>The new <a href="https://pubs.acs.org/evhpaz/article/doi/10.1021/EHP.6c00022/5436094/Guiding-Risk-Reduction-for-Breast-Cancer-Relevant" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">peer-reviewed paper</a>, published in Environmental Health Perspectives, a top journal from the American Chemical Society, highlights what public health advocates say are a range of deficiencies in how US pesticides are regulated. The review includes active pesticide ingredients, but also hundreds of so-called “inert”, or inactive, ingredients that typically do not undergo a thorough safety review.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/26/breast-cancer-us-pesticide-products" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer ugc" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a>

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