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Identifies the various ways in which chemical pollutants in the environment are disrupting human reproductive patterns and causing such problems as birth defects. The author, theo colborn, has compiled scientific research in a detective story form that logically pins many of our modern diseases such as uterine malformation, prostate cancer, breast cancer, uterine cancer on chemicals and plastics that we use in society today. A scientific detective story has 3 available editions to buy at half price books marketplace. Theo colborns book, our stolen future,1997, organic foods wrapped, canned, or otherwise contained in plastic may be contaminated with harmful chemicals that may leach from the plastic. Theo colborn, coauthored a book titled our stolen future in which the dangers of these contaminants in our water and food were spelled out in grea t detail. For a dozen years beginning in 1990, myers served as director of the w.
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March 28, 1927 december 14, 2014 on sunday december 14, 2014, theo colborn died peacefully at her home in paonia, colorado, with family by her side. Through comprehensive analysis of available facts, and through her books and lectures, she effectively initiated a profound global discussion about the survival of mankind and ecological systems on our planet. Our stolen future examines the ways that certain synthetic chemicals interfere with hormonal messages involved in the control of growth and development, especially in the fetus. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading our stolen future. Theo colborn at tedxmidatlantic 2012 tedx midatlantic 2012. But as i open the discussion today, i want to point out that the science in, our stolen future, ended in 1994. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Today, at eightysix, colborn is no longer marginalized as a bunny hugger her words who asks too. Theo colborn is professor at the university of florida, gainesville and president of tedx the endocrine disruption exchange, paonia, co.
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