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7 unexpected dangers that can cause breast cancer
Last reviewed: 23.04.2024
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Increasingly, researchers point to a link between certain chemical pollutants of the environment and breast cancer.
To protect yourself and your family, try to avoid buying some products that are used in the house.
Naphthalene
In 2012, scientists from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention found that naphthalene is a carcinogen and can provoke the development of cancer in both humans and animals. Long-term exposure to this dangerous substance can cause destruction or damage to red blood cells.
Air fresheners and cleaners
Unventilated rooms with a small area, such as a bathroom and toilet, are a real gas chamber if rubbed to a shine with cleaning and detergent. As a result, you get a sparkling purity and at the same time a complete placement of toxins - chemicals based on the interaction of ethylene glycol and terpenes. And the main provoker of cancer diseases is artificial musk, which producers add to the products to improve the smell.
Phthalates
They are used as plasticizers in the production of soft plastic. Also found in women's and men's cosmetics, even the most expensive. Phthalates are also present in adult products - a variety of sex toys, which often causes infertility in women. Scientists associate phthalates with a weakening of hormone production, early puberty, and breast cancer.
Mascara
Cadmium is one of the most toxic heavy metals, its compounds are poisonous and very dangerous. Unfortunately, its impurities are found in cheap jewelry and cosmetic products, which provokes the development of breast cancer. According to scientists, the longer the malignant cancer cells are exposed to cadmium, the more aggressive they become, which in turn speeds up the process of metastasis and makes the cells resistant to treatment with antitumor drugs.
Ecology
Canadian researchers found that women most exposed to the highest levels of air pollution were twice as likely to develop breast cancer as compared to women living in less polluted areas. Experts advise to refrain from heating fireplaces and stoves, as this can lead to air pollution by dangerous particles, the same can be said about burning of autumn leaves.
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Pesticides
Some pesticides used to grow food are carcinogenic and present a danger to a person. According to the research, some agrochemicals are able to stimulate the growth of breast cancer cells, which was proved in experiments with animals.
Mold
Most of our time we spend at home or in the office - in a closed room, where we breathe the air that circulates in it. Our lungs have an amazing ability to filter out many microbes, but in the case of mold it is more complicated - mold spores are deeply deposited in the lungs and penetrate even into the lung tissue itself. Mold produces a special substance - aflotoxin, which is a carcinogen and provokes the development of breast cancer.