Breast Cancer (Risk)

Food Dyes May Raise Breast Cancer Risk, Scientists Find

Published in Cancer Weekly, November 13th, 1995

Eating foods containing a commonly used synthetic dye may raise a woman's risk of developing breast cancer, according to research conducted at the Department of Energy's (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL).

Synthetic food dyes are added to many foods and beverages to improve their appearance. "Food dyes, pesticides such as DDT, and pollutants may be responsible for the increasing breast cancer rate among American women because they mimic the effects of the hormone estrogen," says Craig Dees, head of the Molecular Toxicology Group in ORNL's Health Sciences Research Division. "Some researchers have suggested that these so-called environmental estrogens may be...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (1995-11-13)

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