00953nam0 2200253 i 450 SUN006881420090414120000.020090409d1975 |0frec50 bafreFR|||| |||||ˆLes ‰manuscritspar Alphonse Dain3. ed. revue et augmentèe d'un indexParisLes belles lettres1975222 p., [4] c di tav.23 cm.001SUN00127042001 Collection d'études anciennes210 ParisLes belles lettres.ParisSUNL000046Dain, AlphonseSUNV054419168530Les belles lettresSUNV001952650ITSOL20190318RICASUN0068814UFFICIO DI BIBLIOTECA DEL DIPARTIMENTO DI LETTERE E BENI CULTURALI07CONS Xa 519 07 1876 20090409 Manuscrits595364UNICAMPANIA03444nam 2200601Ia 450 991078613850332120230725035239.01-299-46380-00-300-16299-510.12987/9780300162998(CKB)2670000000335034(OCoLC)841171126(CaPaEBR)ebrary10687913(SSID)ssj0000860889(PQKBManifestationID)11547201(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000860889(PQKBWorkID)10898429(PQKB)10274343(MiAaPQ)EBC3421161(DE-B1597)486289(DE-B1597)9780300162998(Au-PeEL)EBL3421161(CaPaEBR)ebr10687913(CaONFJC)MIL477630(OCoLC)923602716(EXLCZ)99267000000033503420090618d2010 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrToxic bodies[electronic resource] hormone disruptors and the legacy of DES /Nancy LangstonNew Haven [Conn.] Yale University Pressc20101 online resource (252 p.)Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-300-13607-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --Contents --Preface --Acknowledgments --1. Disrupting Hormonal Signals --2. Before World War II: Chemicals, Risk, and Regulation --3. Help for Women Over Forty --4. Bigger, Stronger Babies with Diethylstilbestrol --5. Modern Meat: Hormones in Livestock --6. Growing Concerns --7. Assessing New Risks --8. Sexual Development and a New Ecology of Health --9. Precaution and the Lessons of History --Notes --Bibliography --IndexIn 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.Endocrine disrupting chemicalsHistoryEndocrine disrupting chemicalsGovernment policyUnited StatesHistoryEndocrine disrupting chemicalsHistory.Endocrine disrupting chemicalsGovernment policyHistory.615/.36Langston Nancy1475879MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910786138503321Toxic bodies3786808UNINA