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Fact sheet about Household Exposure Study results
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Scientific Articles and Summaries
Self-reported chemicals exposure, beliefs about disease causation, and risk of breast cancer
PCB-containing wood floor finish is a likely source of elevated PCBs in residents' blood, household air and dust...
Phthalates, alkylphenols, pesticides, polybrominated diphenyl ethers, and other endocrine-disrupting compounds...
Media Coverage
Fox News - Cleaning Products May Raise Breast Cancer Risk
Medical News Today - Potential Link Between Household Cleaning Products And Breast Cancer Should Be Investigated Say Researchers
The Columbus Dispatch - Study suggests link of cleaners to breast cancer
Telegraph - Household cleaners may double risk of breast cancer
The Sydney Morning Herald - House-proud women cancer risk
The Independent - Breast cancer link to cleaning products and air fresheners
Environmental Health Perspectives - Not finished yet
Environmental Science & Technology - Wood floor finish fingered as source of PCBs
Science News - Fabulon: Looking less fabulous
News Inferno - Toxic PCBs still present in wood floor finishes