Did DDT play a role in my family’s cancers? @Grist
Did DDT play a role in my family’s cancers? @Grist
Uploaded March 2020 | Updated September 2026, 4 hours ago
These four sisters all developed breast cancer, despite having no genetic markers for the illness. Was something in their environment responsible? One of their daughters is looking at the once widely-used insecticide DDT as the possible culprit.

Regan Bervar's 2017 essay in The Planet Magazine
theplanetmagazine.net/forbidden-fruit-9d03b38ecdbe

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