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Pesticide Link with Breast Cancer
Monash University PhD student Dr Narges Khanjani has revealed
a possible link between the use of organochlorine pesticides and
breast cancer in Victoria's north-east.
Her study shows up to 48,000 women in the Ovens and Murray Shire
could have been exposed to the chemicals which were mainly used
in the production of tobacco crops.
"Because this is the only region in Victoria to grow tobacco,
the number of women possibly exposed is much higher here than anywhere
else in the state," Dr Khanjani said.
"Although women traditionally don't work in the fields, they
have been exposed to the chemicals which have contaminated the
food chain and have been unknowingly consumed in produce such as
meat, milk and eggs.
"Once organochlorines are absorbed into the body they are
not easily secreted or broken down and are stored in fat tissue
such as breast fat."
The study was based on samples of contaminated breast milk collected
in the 1990s by Associate Professor Malcolm Sim from Monash University's
Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine and data provided
by the Cancer Council of Victoria.
"We used the 800 milk samples to identify areas of high contamination
in Victoria and compared it to the cancer data. We found that the
Ovens and Murray Shire was the most highly contaminated region
as it showed the highest incidences of breast cancer compared with
any other area in Victoria," Dr Khanjani said.
Most organochlorines were phased out in the late 1980s and early
1990s but some chemicals in this group including Atrazine and Triazine
are still used today.
"Chemicals like DDT have a half life of about 10 years so
we would expect to see a reduction in the levels of exposure in
the north-east over time and young people won't have the same degree
of exposure to these organochlorines," Dr Khanjani said.
This article is based on a press release by www.monash.edu.au
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