"It turns out that our breasts are almost like sponges, the way they can soak up some of these chemicals, especially the ones that are fat-loving - the ones tend to accumulate in fat tissue," Williams tells Fresh Air's Terry Gross. Trace amounts of pesticides, dioxin and a jet fuel ingredient - as well as high to average levels of flame retardants - were all found in her breast milk. She decided to test her own breast milk and shipped a sample to a lab in Germany. When writer Florence Williams was nursing her second child, she read a research study about toxins found in human breast milk. They're also attracting chemicals and environmental toxins, which are getting passed along in breast milk. Breasts are getting bigger and arriving earlier.
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