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DDT use in the 1950s and 60s could mean higher rates of breast cancer for women who came of age in those decades.
Exposure to DDT at a young age may indicate a greater risk for developing breast cancer, according to new research by Dr. Barbara Cohn of the Public Health Institute in Berkeley, California. Dr. Cohn speaks with host Steve Curwood.