Anabolic growth promoting drugs in meat production are by far the most potent hormones found in the food supply.

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Isn’t that amazing about the DES story? I had no idea it was used in meat production. Check out some of the other Big Pharma on Big Farms: Illegal Drugs in Chicken Feathers (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/illegal-drugs-in-chicken-feathers/).

The most dangerous additive used in the meat industry is antibiotics, though. See, for example:
• Antibiotics: Agribusinesses’ Pound of Flesh (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/antibiotics-agribusinesses-pound-of-flesh/)
• MRSA Superbugs in Meat (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/mrsa-superbugs-in-meat/)
• Drug Residues in Meat (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/drug-residues-in-meat/)
• How Many Cancers Have Been Caused by Arsenic-Laced Chicken? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/how-many-cancers-have-been-caused-by-arsenic-laced-chicken/)

For more on what may be bad for the breast, check out:
• Breast Cancer and Alcohol: How Much Is Safe? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/breast-cancer-and-alcohol-what-much-is-safe/)
• Breast Cancer Risk: Red Wine v. White Wine (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/breast-cancer-risk-red-wine-vs-white-wine/)
• Statin Cholesterol Drugs and Invasive Breast Cancer (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/Statin-Cholesterol-Drugs-and-Invasive-Breast-Cancer)
• Cholesterol Feeds Breast Cancer Cells (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/Cholesterol-Feeds-Breast-Cancer-Cells)
• Cancer Risk From French Fries (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/Cancer-Risk-From-French-Fries)
• Estrogenic Cooked Meat Carcinogens (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/estrogenic-cooked-meat-carcinogens/)

And for what may protective, see:
• Broccoli vs. Breast Cancer Stem Cells (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/broccoli-versus-breast-cancer-stem-cells/)
• Why Do Asian Women Have Less Breast Cancer? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/why-do-asian-women-have-less-breast-cancer/)
• Flaxseeds & Breast Cancer Prevention (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/flaxseeds-breast-cancer-prevention/)
• Breast Cancer vs. Mushrooms (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/breast-cancer-vs-mushrooms/)
• Preventing Breast Cancer by Any Greens Necessary (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/preventing-breast-cancer-by-any-greens-necessary/)
• Tree Nuts or Peanuts for Breast Cancer Prevention? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/tree-nuts-or-peanuts-for-breast-cancer-prevention/)
• Fiber vs. Breast Cancer (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/fiber-vs-breast-cancer/)
• Which Dietary Factors Affect Breast Cancer Most? (http://nutritionfacts.org/video/Which-Dietary-Factors-Affect-Breast-Cancer-Most)

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