Cadmium link to Breast Cancer now established:

[truedelphi]

I was just reading the article over at Huffington -

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/15/cadmium-breast-cancer-intake_n_1347523.html?ref=mostpopular


From the article itself <snip>

In the new study, published Thursday in the journal Cancer Research, researchers from the Karolinksa Institute in Sweden analyzed data from nearly 56,000 women who answered questionnaires about their food consumption.

Relying on national estimates of the cadmium levels in various foods, the researchers determined that one-third of the women with the highest cadmium intake were 21 percent more likely to develop breast cancer than the one-third with the lowest intake.

Cadmium is present in many farm fertilizers, and also can enter food sources through the atmosphere. The highest concentrations, the study says, are found in shellfish and offal products -- foods like liver and tripe. It may also be present in cereals, potatoes, root crops and vegetables.

[BlueIris]

1. Yikes. Thanks for posting. nt