The timing, duration and pattern of exposure are just as important as the dose. While it’s good to limit exposure to toxic chemicals and radiation at every stage of life, it is even more important during critical periods, including gestation, childhood and pregnancy.
Low doses of hormone-disrupting compounds, especially during critical stages of development can increase the risk of adverse health effects including cancers, neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative diseases, metabolic disorders, asthma and immune disorders.
Cancer cells behave differently than normal, healthy cells and tissues. For a long time, cancer was thought to occur because of mutations in the genes (DNA) in individual cells. Newer understandings suggest that the picture is more complex.
While most of us think of breast cancer as a single disease, evidence suggests there are multiple subtypes of breast cancer.
In the United States, breast cancer has the highest mortality rate of any cancer in women between the ages of 20 and 59.
