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020			_a9780300162998 _q((electronic)l(electronic)ctronic)
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050	0	4	_aRA1224 _b.T695 2010
049			_aMAIN
100	1		_aLangston, Nancy. _e1
245	1	0	_aToxic bodies _bhormone disruptors and the legacy of DES / _cNancy Langston.
260			_aNew Haven [Conn. : _bYale University Press, _c(c)2010.
300			_a1 online resource (xvii, 233 pages) : _billustrations
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
347			_adata file _2rda
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505	0	0	_aDisrupting hormonal signals -- _tBefore World War II : chemicals, risk, and regulation -- _tHelp for women over forty -- _tBigger, stronger babies with diethylstilbestrol -- _tModern meat : hormones in livestock -- _tGrowing concerns -- _tAssessing new risks -- _tSexual development and a new ecology of health -- _tPrecaution and the lessons of history.
520	1		_a"In 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."--Jacket.
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650		0	_aEndocrine disrupting chemicals _xHistory.
650		0	_aEndocrine disrupting chemicals _xGovernment policy _zUnited States _xHistory.
650		4	_aEndocrine disrupting chemicals _xGovernment policy _zUnited States _xHistory.
650		4	_aEndocrine disrupting chemicals _xHistory.
655		1	_aElectronic Books.
856	4	0	_uhttps://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=568258&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 _zClick to access digital title | log in using your CIU ID number and my.ciu.edu password
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902			_a1 _bCynthia Snell _c1 _dCynthia Snell