Two Compounds Disrupt Female Hormones

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Two Compounds Disrupt Female Hormones

By Gardner

HealthDay Reporter

MONDAY, April 19 (HealthDayNews) -- An industrial solvent and a

medication often used for seizures and bipolar disorder increase the

activity of female hormones inside cells, which might lead to

miscarriages and breast cancer in women, a new lab study suggests.

read the rest here:

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=97&ncid=751&e=11&u=/hsn/20040419\

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This story has me a wee bit upset this evening...as the industrial

solvent was one I was exposed to in a chemical spill the year before

being diagnosed with fibroids. It's a solvent with many names...and

heavily used in the semiconductor industry. I was exposed to butyl --

apparently the same chemical as identified in this story. More info:

http://www.ranknfile-ue.org/h&s0293.html

http://www.intox.org/databank/documents/chemical/methxyet/cie519.htm

http://www.psrla.org/gar_pdf/garpart2of7.pdf