breast cancer
As reported by the Daily Mail, several studies since 1998 found a potential role of substance parabens to breast cancer because these chemicals have estrogenic properties, like estrogen. The hormone estrogen is known to have an important role in the growth and breast cancer development.
Parabens or para-hidroksibezoat acid is widely used in cosmetics to create long-lasting cosmetics because they are able to resist the growth of microbes on cosmetics. Typically parabens are found in everyday products such as bath moisturizers, cosmetics, shaving foam, tanning lotions, and toothpaste.
These chemicals are also found in deodorants. Also, processed foods such as sausages, and pastries are tasty.
The most common parabens in cosmetic products are methylparaben, propylparaben, and butylparaben. Meanwhile, that is not commonly found is benzylparaben and sobutylparaben. These substances can be found on product packaging.
The team of researchers led by Dr. Philippa Darbre from Reading University studying tissue samples from 40 British women who underwent mastectomy between 2005 and 2008 for breast cancer.
Collected 160 samples, four samples from each respondent. The research team also found 99 percent of tissue samples contained at least one type of paraben, and 60 percent of the sample contains five types of parabens.
The Reading University research team found women who do not use deodorant, still has parabens in their network. The assumption, parabens entered from other sources.
“The research we’ve done to confirm the view that there is no simple cause and the relationship between parabens in deodorants to breast cancer,” says co-author Mr Lester Barr of the University Hospital of South Manchester.
However, interesting is the research found parabens in women with breast cancer who had not used the product to the armpit. “But where did these chemicals come in?”
However, the fact of parabens in breast tissue could not be ascertained as the cause of breast cancer. “However, this could be the basis of further research,” said Dr Darbre.
Responding to the study, Catherine Priestley, breast cancer care experts say, “The debate about the relationship of parabens with breast cancer is not something new. But this research increasingly supports the need for further research.”
The presence of substances of parabens in cancerous breast tissue is not yet proven due to the use of beauty products. “But definitely, breast cancer can arise due to an increase in age, gender, and family history of breast cancer,” he said.
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