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Pre-natal exposure to DDT linked to increased likelihood of breast cancer

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Though the pesticide DDT was banned in the US in 1972, its effects in the human body may live on. New research has found the strongest link yet between exposure to DDT in the womb and the likelihood of breast cancer later in life.

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A lack of scientific consensus over BPA

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Concerns about the effects of the chemical bisphenol-A have grown in recent years, but the scientific community has not come to a clear consensus on how BPA affects human beings. Denise Grady, reporter for the New York Times, explains.

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Health screening recommendations causing anger, confusion among women

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Dr. Andrea Price, an OBGYN, says some of her patients are confused and dismayed by these new recommendations from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force and the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology. We hear what she recommends.

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