Breast cancer is a frightening reality that one in seven women will face within their lifetime. Every 13 minutes another woman dies from breast cancer, a disease that has more than tripled in incidence over the past 50 years. While there are risk factors that are beyond our control, such as genetic predisposition, researchers are continually revealing newly discovered causes and finding that environmental and synthetic substances are at the root of much of the breast cancer epidemic.

There is no sure fire way to prevent breast cancer,but even a genetic predisposition does not indicate a death sentence. Studies show that less than 10% of the breast cancer cases today are caused by genetics,while the other 90% have unknown origins. Even with a predisposition, it is necessary to be exposed to hormone altering substances in order to set the disease in motion.

At the root of breast cancer lays the dangerous culprit, estrogen. An overabundance of estrogen can cause cancerous cells to proliferate and lead to breast cancer. While the body generates a certain amount of estrogen over our lifetimes, certain synthetic substances, such as pesticides and plastics, have the ability to mimic estrogen when they enter the body. It