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Gaps included the need for stronger epidemiological designs, multipollutant models, standardized exposure metrics, and clearer integration of significant environmental findings into public health protections. Overall, while evidence of pollution-related breast cancer risk continued to accumulate, the precautionary principle remained largely unimplemented. 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