Environmental Links to Breast Cancer: Research and Evidence

No more than 1 in 10 women who have breast cancer have a genetic history of the disease, and a growing body of scientific evidence links exposure to radiation and synthetic chemicals found in our everyday environment to an increased risk of breast cancer.

Breast cancer now strikes more women throughout the world than any other type of cancer, except for skin cancer, and in the United States, a woman's lifetime risk today is 1 in 8.

For the latest research and evidence, the Breast Cancer Fund's State of the Evidence: The Connection Between Breast Cancer and the Environment provides a comprehensive report on the environmental exposures linked to the disease and a guide for moving forward with the research and public policy changes necessary to reduce our exposures and ultimately prevent breast cancer.