Last week a study in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) revealed a small but significant risk of breast cancer with regular hormonal birth control pills. The longer women take them, the higher the risk. Yet, says the FDA about one popular hormone-based birth control pill. “Most studies suggest that the use of oral contraceptives is not associated with an overall increase in the risk of developing breast cancer.”
Since the NEJM revelation, Pharma, the FDA and the medical establishment are collectively pleading “Who Knew”––but they definitely knew. Almost 50 years ago, the breast cancer risks of hormonal birth control pill were exposed by Barbara Seaman in The Doctor’s Case Against the Pill and reiterated in her follow-up book The Greatest Experiment Ever Performed on Women.
