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http://jnci.oxfordjournals.org/content/100/9/663.full.pdf+html

Scientists reporting in the April 29, 2008 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute have found that men with the highest blood levels of DDE (dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene), a DDT byproduct, were 1.7 times more likely to develop testicular germ cell tumors than those who had the lowest levels.



http://www.webmd.com/men/news/20080428/cancer-risk-lingers-for-long-banned-ddt
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