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Propylparaben Exposure During Pregnancy Raise the Risk of Breast Cancer by Angela Mohan on  March 16, 2021 at 6:36 PM Exposure to low doses of propylparaben--an estrogen-like chemical used as a preservative in personal care products and foods, can modify pregnancy-related changes in the breast in ways that may reduce the normal protection against breast cancer that pregnancy hormones convey, according to a new study being published in the Endocrine Society's journal Endocrinology. These results, from an animal study that also will be presented at ENDO 2021, the Endocrine ...

 E-Mail WASHINGTON--Low doses of propylparaben--an estrogen-like chemical used as a preservative in personal care products and foods--can alter pregnancy-related changes in the breast in ways that may reduce the normal protection against breast cancer that pregnancy hormones convey, according to a new study being published in the Endocrine Society's journal Endocrinology. These results, from an animal study that also will be presented at ENDO 2021, the Endocrine Society's annual meeting, lend evidence that propylparaben is an endocrine-disrupting chemical, the researchers say. An endocrine...

 E-Mail IMAGE: Senior author Laura Vandenberg is an associate professor in the UMass Amherst School of Public Health and Health Sciences. view more  Credit: UMass Amherst Low doses of propylparaben - a chemical preservative found in food, drugs and cosmetics - can alter pregnancy-related changes in the breast in ways that may lessen the protection against breast cancer that pregnancy hormones normally convey, according to University of Massachusetts Amherst research. The findings, published March 16 in the journal Endocrinology, suggest that propylparaben is an endocrine-disrupting...