The Estrogen Effect How Chemical Pollution Is Threatening Our Survival

by Cadbury, Deborah

• ISBN13: 9780312267070
• ISBN10: 031226707X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-12-06
• Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin

Summary

Scientists around the world are finding alarming changes in human reproduction and health due to our over-exposure to chemicals that can mimic the female hormone estrogen. These man-made chemicals, like DDT and PCB, have become soaked into our environment and are believed responsible for genital abnormalities and cancers across a wide range of species. Through extensive interviews with fertility experts and scientists worldwide, as well as members of the chemical industry, Cadbury provides a balanced, cogent argument that these hormone-disrupting chemicals may pose a threat not only to our human potential, but to our very survival.

Author Biography

Deborah Cadbury is an award-winning journalist, specializing in the fundamental issues of science and its effect on society. She has produced science programs for BBC television and has won numerous international science film awards, including an Emmy.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vii
Foreword	ix
Prologue	1	(10)
Early Warnings	11	(20)
The Paradox	31	(18)
A Sea of Estrogens	49	(28)
First Suspects	77	(13)
Opening Pandora's Box	90	(22)
Secret British Experiments	112	(19)
The Increasing Cast of Culprits	131	(17)
Routes of Exposure	148	(31)
``A Universe of Chemicals''	179	(21)
``Playing the Trump Card of Uncertainty''	200	(17)
The Human Price	217	(25)
The Response	242	(19)
References	261	(24)
Index	285