Banned Pesticide Dieldrin: Still with us Today

Living on Earth

Steve Curwood talks with John Brock who is a section chief at the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta. Dr. Brock co- authored a study published in the current issue of the British medical journal “The Lancet” which links the banned pesticide Dieldrin to a doubling in breast cancer for women exposed to the compound.

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