... for 4 years to dioxin developed endometriosis, with incidence and severity related to dose. The study prompted more animal and epidemiologic studies regarding the link between dioxin exposure and endometriosis. Yet, 10 years after the first piece of evidence was reported, the primate data are still...

...P.R. Koninckx Reports in the literature of an increasing incidence of endometriosis in industrialized countries and increasing problems with pollution in these countries leads to speculation about a possible link between one of the most harmful components of pollution, dioxin, and endometriosis...