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Hormonal chaos : the scientific and social origins of the environmental endocrine hypothesis

Title: Hormonal chaos : the scientific and social origins of the environmental endocrine hypothesis / Sheldon Krimsky ; foreword by Lynn R. Goldman.
Author: Krimsky, Sheldon.
Publication: Baltimore, Md. : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000.

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xiii, 284 pages; 24 cm

Summary

Traces the emergence of an unorthodox hypothesis that casts new suspicions on a broad range of modern industrial chemicals. At the heart of his story is the environmental endocrine hypothesis, the assertion that a class of chemicals called "endocrine disruptors" are interfering with the normal functioning of hormones in animals and humans. Krimsky describes how this controversial theory was first elaborated and explores the complex factors that have contributed to its increased legitimacy and continued controversy.

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Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-269) and index.

Contents

Foreword / Lynn R. Goldman -- Ch. 1. Scientific Developments -- Ch. 2. The Emergence of a Public Hypothesis -- Ch. 3. Uncertainty, Values, and Scientific Responsibility -- Ch. 4. The Policy Conundrum -- Ch. 5. Conclusion: Expanding Paradigms of Chemical Hazards -- App. A. Chronology of Key Events in the Development of the Environmental Endocrine Hypothesis -- App. B. Consensus Statements from Endocrine Disrupter Work Sessions, 1991-1996 -- App. C. Reviews of Our Stolen Future.

ISBN

0801862795
9780801862793

LCCN

99026066

OCLC

ocm41070902
41070902
SCSB-962149

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library