Dianne dumanoski is an awardwinning journalist who writes on environmental issues and is the coauthor of our stolen future. A critically important book that forces us to ask new questions about the synthetic chemicals that we have spread across this earth. Theo is one of the authors of the book, our stolen future, which brought worldwide attention to scientific discoveries about endocrine disruption and. Cautionary advice for journalists fooling with nature. Along with coauthors dianne dumanoski and the late dr. Though written for the popular press in narrative form, the book contains a substantial amount of scientific evidence. She edited chemically induced alterations in sexual and functional development. But steve has made some very derogatory remarks about the book, our stolen future. Buy a discounted paperback of our stolen future online from australias. This is the 34th year since publication of the late rachel carsons historic book, silent spring, which reported that birds were dying from poisons in the food chain when lawns and trees were. A scientific detective story colborn, theo, dumanoski, dianne, myers, john peterson. Sometimes i wonder what it was like to be theo colborn, whose scientific. John peterson myers is founder, ceo and chief scientist at environmental health sciences, publisher of and. The book chronicles the development of the endocrine disruptor hypothesis by colborn.
The authors consider the book to be the spiritual successor to rachel carsons silent spring and there are several references to silent spring in our stolen future and after reading this book its easy to accept it as such. But theo colburn of the world wildlife fund thought she discerned one. A critically important book that forces us to ask new questions about the. Are we threatening our fertility, intelligence and. Our stolen future by theo colborn phd, 9780452274143, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Her initial stitching together of this story was chronicled in her 1996 book our stolen future coauthored with dianne dumanoski and john. Our stolen future by theo colborn, dianne dumanoski, john. Theo colborn that led to her synthesis of the theory of hormone endocrine disruption. Theo colborn a controversial scientist speaks on plastics, iq, and the womb. Our stolen future examines the ways that certain synthetic chemicals interfere.
Are we threatening our fertility, intelligence, and survival. Handmedown poisons describes the scientific odyssey taken by dr. Unfortunately, these chemicals continue to be used in. A scientific detective story is a 1996 book by theo colborn, dianne dumanoski, and john peterson myers. Fooling with nature pbs frontline interview by doug hamilton, 1998.
Colborn has been in the hot seat for her 1996 book our stolen future. Theo colborn was the author of numerous scientific publications about compounds that interfere with hormones and other chemical messengers that control development in wildlife and humans. Our stolen future explores the scientific discovery of endocrine disruption. The recentlyannounced honoree of the second annual integrity in science award is no less comical theo colburn, coauthor of the infamous 1996 book, our stolen future. Theo colborn, myers wrote our stolen future, a book 1996 that explores the. A scientific detective story is a 1996 book by theo colborn, dianne dumanoski. Our stolen future, are we threatening our fertility, intelligence,and. Taking theo colburn s 1996 book our stolen future as as example, science writer janet raloff details the pitfalls in reporting on fledgling fields of science such as endocrine disruption. Our stolen future ends on a positive note, with the observation that levels of ddt and similar compounds in human tissue have declined over the last 30 years, since a ban on the chlorinebased compounds ddt, dieldrin, lindane and pcbs in industrialized countries. This book is written as a scientific detective story, so the author uses her story as a. The investigation begins with wildlife, as it was in animals that the first hints of widespread endocrine disruption appeared. The endocrine disruption exchange tedx theo colburn reflects on working toward peace santa clara university architects of peace essay. Readers drawn to rachel carsons silent spring, laurie garretts the coming plague, or theo colburn s our stolen future will appreciate.
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