Dioxin’s long reach

From Boston, at a meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

Breast development is delayed in teenage girls exposed to the pollutant dioxin in the womb and as infants, finds a long-term Dutch study that tracked mother-baby pairs from birth through puberty.

“Dioxin throws a monkey wrench into a number of cellular processes,” says Linda Birnbaum of the U.S.