“…Key words: breast cancer, DDE, DDT, dieldrin, environmental estrogens, epidemiology, insecticides, mammary cancer, organochlorines, pesticides. -Environ Health Perspect 109(suppl 1): 35-47 (2001 metabolite p,p´-DDE and to a lesser extent the DDT isomer p,p´-DDT are still detected in low amounts in food, especially in fish, meat and dairy products, and root vegetables (26,35,(54)(55)(56)(57)(58)(59). DDT and DDE are stored in human adipose tissue, and levels increase as a function of age (21,60,61).…”