The FDA does not safety test personal care products before they go to market. Some carcinogens are used to create cosmetics, such as urethane and 1,2 propylene oxide.
Reviews and commentaries on the Environment and Breast Cancer Science Reviews databases were published in Environmental Factors in Breast Cancer, a supplement issue of CANCER.
EVIDENCE
FROM HUMANSReview Articles
- Environmental chemicals and breast cancer: An updated review of epidemiological literature informed by biological mechanisms - Article (pdf)
Rodgers, K.M., J.O. Udesky, R.A. Rudel, J.G. Brody. 2018. Environmental Research. 160: 152-182. - Environmental
pollutants and breast cancer - Article
(pdf), Summary
(pdf)
Brody, J.G., Moysich, K.P., Humblet, O., Attfield, K. R., Beehler, G.B., Rudel, R.A. 2007. Cancer, 109 (S12): 2667-2712. [online May 14, 2007, print June 15, 2007]
- Diet
and breast cancer - Article
(pdf), Summary
(pdf)
Michels, K.B., Mohllajee, A.P., Bahmanyar, E.R., Beehler, G.B., Moysich, K.P. 2007. Cancer, 109 (S12): 2712-2749. [online May 14, 2007, print June 15, 2007]
- Use of common medications and breast cancer risk - Article
(pdf)
Moysich, K.B., Beehler, G.P., Zirpoli, G., Choi, J.Y., Baker, J.A. 2008. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev, 17(7): 1564-1595.
- Intrauterine factors and risk of breast cancer: a systematic review and
meta-analysis of current evidence - Abstract
Xue, R., and Michels, K.B. 2007. Lancet Oncology, 8 (12): 1088-1100.
EVIDENCE FROM ANIMALS
Review Articles
- Animal
mammary gland carcinogens - Article
(pdf), Summary
(pdf)
Rudel, R.A., Attfield, K. R., Schifano, J., Brody, J.G. 2007. Cancer, 109 (S12): 2635-2667. [online May 14, 2007, print June 15, 2007]
COMMENTARIES ON THE SCIENCE REVIEWS - Environment
and breast cancer - Where do we stand? - Commentary
(pdf), Summary
(pdf)
Brody, J.G., Rudel, R.A., Michels, K.B., Moysich, K.P., Bernstein, L., Attfield, K. R., Gray, S. 2007. Cancer, 109 (S12): 2627-2634. [online May 14, 2007, print June 15, 2007]
- Breast
cancer advocates seek prevention - Commentary
(pdf)
Susan G. Komen for the Cure. 2007. Cancer, 109 (S12): 2750-2751. [online May 14, 2007, print June 15, 2007]
