Breastfeeding (Risk Factors)

Eating Contaminated Great Lakes Fish Does Not Inhibit Lactation

Published in Women's Health Weekly, September 20th, 1999

A study by University at Buffalo (UB), New York, reproductive epidemiologists has found no association between eating DDE-contaminated sport fish from Lake Ontario and the length of lactation in nursing mothers.

The research is part of the New York State Angler Study, which is assessing the health effects of eating sport fish from Lake Ontario, the most contaminated of the Great Lakes. UB's portion of the study concentrates on the relationship between sport-fish consumption and adverse reproductive events.

"DDE is a potential endocrine disrupter, which means it could interfere with production of hormones that control lactation," said Bridget...

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