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Toxic bodies :

(Number (ISBN

0300162995

(Number (ISBN

1299463800

(Number (ISBN

9780300162998

(Number (ISBN

9781299463806

Erroneous ISBN

0300136072

Erroneous ISBN

0300171374

Erroneous ISBN

9780300136074

Erroneous ISBN

9780300171372

Title Proper

Toxic bodies :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

hormone disruptors and the legacy of DES /

First Statement of Responsibility

Nancy Langston.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New Haven :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Yale University Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2010.

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©2010

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1 online resource (xvii, 233 pages) :

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illustrations

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Text of Note

Disrupting hormonal signals -- Before World War II : chemicals, risk, and regulation -- Help for women over forty -- Bigger, stronger babies with diethylstilbestrol -- Modern meat : hormones in livestock -- Growing concerns -- Assessing new risks -- Sexual development and a new ecology of health -- Precaution and the lessons of history.

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"In 1941 the Food and Drug Administration approved the use of diethylstilbestrol (DES), the first synthetic chemical to be marketed as an estrogen and one of the first to be identified as a hormone disruptor - a chemical that mimics hormones. Although researchers knew that DES caused cancer and disrupted sexual development, doctors prescribed it for millions of women, initially for menopause and then for miscarriage, while farmers gave cattle the hormone to promote rapid weight gain. Its residues, and those of other chemicals, in the American food supply are changing the internal ecosystems of human, livestock, and wildlife bodies in increasingly troubling ways." "In this gripping exploration, Nancy Langston shows how these chemicals have penetrated into every aspect of our bodies and ecosystems, yet the U.S. government has largely failed to regulate them and has skillfully manipulated scientific uncertainty to delay regulation. Personally affected by endocrine disruptors, Langston argues that the FDA needs to institute proper regulation of these commonly produced synthetic chemicals."--Jacket.

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JSTOR

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OverDrive, Inc.

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22573/ctt1114k2

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26C4D07A-5F54-4D30-B147-544B52028B81

Title

Toxic bodies.

International Standard Book Number

9780300136074

Endocrine disrupting chemicals-- Government policy-- United States-- History.

Endocrine disrupting chemicals-- History.

Endocrine Disruptors-- adverse effects-- United States.

Endocrine Disruptors-- history-- United States.

Environmental Exposure-- adverse effects-- United States.

Environmental Exposure-- history-- United States.

History, 20th Century-- United States.

History, 21st Century-- United States.

Endocrine disrupting chemicals.

MEDICAL-- Pharmacology.

MEDICAL-- Toxicology.

United States.

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MED071000

MED096000

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SCI007000

SCI013040

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Edition

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Book number

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Book Number

Langston, Nancy

Date of Transaction

20200822100811.0

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pn

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[Book]

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