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Known risk factors, including genetics and lifestyle, do not fully explain the upward trend of breast cancer rates.

Community-based research by Prof. Ami Zota and colleagues informed the new policy.

Prenatal exposure to the widely used insecticide chlorpyrifos is linked to structural abnormalities in the brain and poorer motor function in children and adolescents.

Uranium from drinking water can accumulate in the kidneys—even at low levels of exposure—and this new biomarker could serve as an early warning sign of kidney damage.