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The breast cancer epicemic cannot be reversed without considering women's exposure to chemical cocktails throughout their lives, argued Professor Andreas Kortenkamp of the University of London, presenting new scientific evidence to the European Parliament.

In its most comprehensive study yet on the topic, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has stressed the need for more research on children's exposure to chemicals, arguing that it may be the origin of cancer, heart disease and chronic respiratory disease later in life. The report comes only months after the EU adopted sweeping new legislation on chemicals control, called REACH.

Industry is stepping up research amid scientists’ concerns that the EU’s draft REACH regulation is not doing enough to protect humans against endocrine disrupters and other toxic chemicals.

Doctors and cancer researchers have renewed calls for REACH to phase out toxic chemicals believed to cause illness. But arguments persist that the effects of tiny levels of exposure are still largely unknown.

A new 15 million euro research project has been launched to investigate exposure to chemicals in food and the environment and their connection with childhood cancer and immune disorders.

Uncertainty over the health risks of low-level chemical contamination should compel EU lawmakers to strengthen the REACH proposal, environmentalists claim. Industry cautions against undue alarm.