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Research Studies on Environmental Risk Factors and Breast Cancer
Links to Other Resources

BCERF provides these links as a service to our web users. Providing links to web sites does not constitute endorsement of the sites by BCERF.

e.Hormone
e.Hormone, maintained by the Center for Bioenvironmental Research of Tulane and Xavier Universities, includes consumer-oriented educational information on environmental estrogens.

Long Island Breast Cancer Study Project (LIBCSP)
The LIBCSP web page includes information about the studies involved in the project including overviews, reports, funding, and statistics.

National Cancer Institute: Breast Cancer Trial Results
This page list links to summaries of breast cancer research studies.

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS): Superfund Epidemiological Studies
The Superfund Basic Research Program website lists overview and details of research associated with Superfund sites. Some pertinent studies: the effect of perchloroethylene in the drinking water and breast cancer risk in residents of Cape Cod, Massachusetts (PI: Dr. Ann Aschegrau); the relationship of serum polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB's) to breast cancer risk (PI: Dr. David Ozonoff); and studies at SUNY-Albany to assess the health effects and cancer incidence / mortality in members of the Akwesasne Mohawk community exposed to PCB's, p,p'-DDE, mirex, and HCB (PI: Dr. Maria J. Schymura).

Silent Spring Institute
The Silent Spring Institute is a non-profit organization dedicated to researching the links between women's health and the environment. This web site includes information about the Cape Cod Breast Cancer and Environment Study and the Newton, MA Breast Cancer Study.

Last Update 03.07.05