A dramatic policy switch is required towards elimination of workplace exposures to a slew of chemicals now believed to cause breast cancer, a campaign group has said. The Alliance for Cancer Prevention call came after a Canadian study reported higher breast cancer rates in agriculture, plastics, food packaging, metal manufacture and the bar and gambling industries. Calling for action on endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs), Alliance co-ordinator Helen Lynn said: “The UK government and cancer establishment is complacent due to its inaction.”

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