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	<title><![CDATA[What's Worse than Chemo? A Common Toxin that Renders It Less Effective]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/frances-beinecke/whats-worse-than-chemo-a_b_151616.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>I had breast cancer almost ten years ago, and I found chemotherapy to be more trying than I could have imagined. I prefer to leave it in the past, but recent reports brought it all back and triggered an alarming question: what if a common, everyday toxin made my chemo cocktail less effective? </p>

<p><em>The New York Times</em> recently <a href="http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/09/plastic-chemical-may-interfere-with-chemotherapy/">reported </a>that Bisphenol-A, also known as BPA, is the culprit. And yet this week, the <em>Washington Post</em> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/15/AR2008121502920.html">wrote </a>that the...</p>]]></abstract>
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	<date_published>2009-01-17T05:12:00-05:00</date_published>
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