NPR/Talk of the Nation/Antibiotics&Breast Cancer

[Guest guest]

Antibiotics and Breast Cancer

Velicer, Epidemiologist at

Group Health ative, a health

plan associated with UofWashington-Seattle

talks about Antibiotic use in Relation

to the risk of Breast cancer.

Velicer / other experts warned this is only one study

and much much more needs to be done

in the area. Findings of the study

suggest women using antibiotics could

have an increased chance of developing

breast cancer.

Velicar talked about other risk factors

like oral contraceptives, obesity, etc.

but described no environmental contaminants

like flame retardants....WHY NOT?

Are breasts and uteri sampled for

antibiotics, environmental contaminants and

other pharmaceuticals following mastectomy

and hysterectomy?

Think of the average roast beef or chicken

from the store riddled with antibiotics,

steroids and veterinary assisted pharmaceuticals....

tap water with trace amounts of oral contraceptives,

estrogenic pesticide residuals on crops...adnauseum

Duh...does it take a rocket scientist?

Marsha