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 Dear Readers, Your author will be traveling soon to a mysterious place, somewhere south of NYC. Before departing, she needs complete some ordinary tasks like errands, paperwork and packing. So she is signing off, until January.
Have a great holiday if you celebrate, and happy new year to all! ES Related Posts:Celebrating a HolidayEnd of Summer Blog-BreakMed-Blog Grand Rounds Takes a Virtual TourThe Traveler’s DilemnaStaying Healthy in Hot Summer Travel Earlier this month the IOM issued a big report on breast cancer and the environment. The thick analysis, commissioned and sponsored by the Susan G. Komen for the Cure®, was authored by an expert panel. Their task – to assess all available information on what causes BC, and make recommendations accordingly — was essentially impossible. Some immediately critiqued the work and, perhaps implicitly, the funding — for its failure to yield sharp or clearly-actionable insights into BC causes. The document starts, blandly, with some straightforward stuff. The recommendations for lifestyle changes seem paternalistic when not obvious. Where the report gets interesting, and offers value, is in considering a few specific environmental toxins that might be causative in the current breast cancer epidemic. While proving that any one (or several) of the chemicals listed below causes BC will be difficult, developing a clear, working list of likely compounds that merit research attention is See more What Causes Breast Cancer? Reviewing the IOM Report on BC and the Environment |
 
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