LEADER 03477nam 2200613Ia 450 001 9910463118003321 005 20211028203440.0 010 $a1-299-46380-0 010 $a0-300-16299-5 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300162998 035 $a(CKB)2670000000335034 035 $a(OCoLC)841171126 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10687913 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000860889 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11547201 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000860889 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10898429 035 $a(PQKB)10274343 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3421161 035 $a(DE-B1597)486289 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300162998 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3421161 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10687913 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL477630 035 $a(OCoLC)923602716 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000335034 100 $a20090618d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aToxic bodies$b[electronic resource] $ehormone disruptors and the legacy of DES /$fNancy Langston 210 $aNew Haven [Conn.] $cYale University Press$dc2010 215 $a1 online resource (252 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a0-300-13607-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tPreface --$tAcknowledgments --$t1. Disrupting Hormonal Signals --$t2. Before World War II: Chemicals, Risk, and Regulation --$t3. Help for Women Over Forty --$t4. Bigger, Stronger Babies with Diethylstilbestrol --$t5. Modern Meat: Hormones in Livestock --$t6. Growing Concerns --$t7. Assessing New Risks --$t8. Sexual Development and a New Ecology of Health --$t9. Precaution and the Lessons of History --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tIndex 330 $aIn 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. 606 $aEndocrine disrupting chemicals$xHistory 606 $aEndocrine disrupting chemicals$xGovernment policy$zUnited States$xHistory 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aEndocrine disrupting chemicals$xHistory. 615 0$aEndocrine disrupting chemicals$xGovernment policy$xHistory. 676 $a615/.36 700 $aLangston$b Nancy$0974946 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910463118003321 996 $aToxic bodies$92441410 997 $aUNINA