Could Women's Use of 'the Pill' Raise Men's Prostate Cancer Risk? (HealthDay) [Archive]

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11-15-2011, 09:30 AM

HealthDay - MONDAY, Nov. 14 (HealthDay News) -- With the vast increase in the use of the contraceptive pill over the past 40 years, the amount of estrogen entering the water supply may be partly responsible for the increased incidence of prostate cancer around the world, Canadian researchers speculate.

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Dr. Smith

11-15-2011, 11:08 PM

I don't know how they can make irresponsible claims like this without even bothering to test the water. Better yet, they should be testing sewage treatment effluent. If there is no contamination there, then they should be looking elsewhere.

Doc