1984 Birth defects linked to Agent Orange exposure in veterans’ babies.
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1985 Estrogens in the Environment II: Influences on Development Symposium, organized by Dr. John McLachlan.
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1985 EPA classified TCDD as a likely human carcinogen
Source: Dioxin (Environmental Working Group).
1987 Dr. Ana Soto finds that breast cancer cells are proliferating in all of her test tubes, including controls. After a year of investigation, she traces it to nonylphenol leaching from the plastic test tubes.
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