Propylparaben Exposure During Pregnancy Raise the Risk of Breast Cancer by Angela Mohan on March 16, 2021 at 6:36 PM
Exposure to low doses of propylparaben an estrogen-like chemical used as a preservative in personal care products and foods, can modify pregnancy-related changes in the breast in ways that may reduce the normal protection against breast cancer that pregnancy hormones convey, according to a new study being published in the Endocrine Society s journal
Endocrinology.
These results, from an animal study that also will be presented at ENDO 2021, the Endocrine Society s annual meeting, lend evidence that propylparaben is an endocrine-disrupting chemical, the researchers say.
An endocrine-disrupting chemical interferes with the actions of hormones in the body. These chemicals can affect hormone-sensitive organs such as the mammary gland, the milk-producing duct in the breast, said the study s senior author Laura N. Vandenberg of the University of
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WASHINGTON Low doses of propylparaben an estrogen-like chemical used as a preservative in personal care products and foods can alter pregnancy-related changes in the breast in ways that may reduce the normal protection against breast cancer that pregnancy hormones convey, according to a new study being published in the Endocrine Society s journal
Endocrinology.
These results, from an animal study that also will be presented at ENDO 2021, the Endocrine Society s annual meeting, lend evidence that propylparaben is an endocrine-disrupting chemical, the researchers say.
An endocrine-disrupting chemical interferes with the actions of hormones in the body. These chemicals can affect hormone-sensitive organs such as the mammary gland, the milk-producing duct in the breast, said the study s senior author Laura N. Vandenberg of the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, Mass.
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