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Author Colborn, Theo.

Title Our stolen future : are we threatening our fertility, intelligence, and survival? : a scientific detective story / Theo Colborn, Dianne Dumanoski, and John Peterson Myers.

Publication Info. New York : Dutton, [1996]
©1996

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Location Call No. Status
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  615.902 COLBORN    Check Shelf
 South Windsor Public Library - Non Fiction  615.9 COLBORN    Check Shelf
Description xii, 306 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Omens -- Hand-me-down poisons -- Chemical messengers -- Hormone havoc -- Fifty ways to lose your fertility -- To the ends of the earth -- A single hit -- Here, there, and everywhere -- Chronicle of loss -- Altered destinies -- Beyond cancer -- Defending ourselves -- Loomings -- Flying blind -- The wingspread consensus statement.
Summary Argues that the focus on the carcinogenicity of chemicals has led to the ignoring of the adverse effects of chemicals on the embryo and fetus. Resultant problems include reduced fertility, altered behavior patterns, and decreased immunity.
Subject Reproductive toxicology.
Environmental health.
Reproduction -- drug effects.
Genitalia -- drug effects.
Environmental Pollutants -- adverse effects.
Added Author Dumanoski, Dianne.
Myers, John Peterson.
ISBN 0525939822 alkaline paper
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