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Toxic Link to Endometriosis

Internet URL

http://www.endometriosisassn.org/environment.html  External Link

Sponsoring Agency

Endometriosis Association

Description

In the early 1990s, the Endometriosis Association found that 79% of a group of monkeys developed endometriosis after exposure to dioxin in their food during a research study over ten years earlier. The severity of endometriosis found in the monkeys was directly related to the amount of TCDD (2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin – the most toxic dioxin) to which they had been exposed .

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Review Date

4/25/2007