Although breast milk is recognized by doctors, health professionals and scientists, as the best first food for baby, it is not clean. Many synthetic chemicals into the environment, intentionally or not, can be found in breast milk. Chemicals, such as the famous "bad actors" as dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane, known as DDT and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), as well as lesser-known substances such as flame retardants (polybrominated diphenyl or PBDEs), have been found in human breast milk around the world. Many of the synthetic chemicals known or suspected causes of cancer, and they have been linked to other health problems such as diabetes, reproductive disorders and disorders of brain development. The health benefits of breastfeeding far outweigh the possible negative effects of chemical contaminants in breast milk, but the presence of these substances is still a concern among health officials, private individuals and companies whose products or production process of production of toxins in the environment.
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by Andrea Larson Source: Darden School of Business 5 pages. Publication Date: February 7, 2006. Prod. #: UV1359-PDF-ENG
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