Altering Eden : the feminization of nature

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Label

Altering Eden : the feminization of nature

Title remainder

the feminization of nature

Statement of responsibility

Deborah Cadbury

Creator

• Cadbury, Deborah

Contributor

• Cadbury, Deborah

Subject

• Reproductive toxicology
• Environmental Exposure -- adverse effects
• Environmental toxicology
• Reproductive toxicology
• Endocrine toxicology
• Environmental toxicology
• Endocrine toxicology
• Estrogen -- Agonists | Toxicology
• Estrogen -- Agonists | Toxicology

Language

eng

Summary

"Scientists around the world are finding alarming changes in human reproduction and health. There is strong evidence that sperm counts have fallen dramatically. Testicular, prostate, and breast cancer are on the rise. Different animal species are even showing signs of "feminization" or "changing sex," the males actually producing eggs like females. According to scientific evidence compiled worldwide, the prime suspect in these worrying findings is the increased exposure to chemicals that can mimic the female hormone estrogen and other hormones." "Believed responsible for genital abnormalities and cancers across a wide range of species, these hormone-disrupting chemicals may pose a threat not only to our human potential, but to our very survival." "Through extensive interviews with fertility experts and scientists worldwide as well as members of the chemical industry, Deborah Cadbury provides a balanced, cogent, compelling argument that propels us toward a disturbing conclusion."--Jacket

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

616.6/5

Index

index present

LC call number

RA1224.2

LC item number

.C33 1999

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

NLM call number

WA 465

NLM item number

C121 1999