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A Striking Degree of Abnormal Cell Growth

Caption: This image shows mammary tissue of control mice (left) and mice exposed as fetuses to 1,000 mg per kg of mother's body weight of MEHP, a common ingredient in plastics. (Black bar is 1 mm.)

Credit: Hixon Lab/Brown University

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