Her initial stitching together of this story was chronicled in her 1996 book our stolen future coauthored with dianne dumanoski and john. Cautionary advice for journalists fooling with nature. The investigation begins with wildlife, as it was in animals that the first hints of widespread endocrine disruption appeared. 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. But steve has made some very derogatory remarks about the book, our stolen future. A scientific detective story colborn, theo, dumanoski, dianne, myers, john peterson. Theo colborn, myers wrote our stolen future, a book 1996 that explores the.
Our stolen future examines the ways that certain synthetic chemicals interfere. Theo colborn that led to her synthesis of the theory of hormone endocrine disruption. Fooling with nature pbs frontline interview by doug hamilton, 1998. A scientific detective story is a 1996 book by theo colborn, dianne dumanoski, and john peterson myers. 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. Our stolen future, are we threatening our fertility, intelligence,and.
A scientific detective story is a 1996 book by theo colborn, dianne dumanoski. Are we threatening our fertility, intelligence and. The endocrine disruption exchange tedx theo colburn reflects on working toward peace santa clara university architects of peace essay. Dianne dumanoski is an awardwinning journalist who writes on environmental issues and is the coauthor of our stolen future. Sometimes i wonder what it was like to be theo colborn, whose scientific.
Though written for the popular press in narrative form, the book contains a substantial amount of scientific evidence. Theo is one of the authors of the book, our stolen future, which brought worldwide attention to scientific discoveries about endocrine disruption and. 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. This book is written as a scientific detective story, so the author uses her story as a. 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. Our stolen future by theo colborn, dianne dumanoski, john. A critically important book that forces us to ask new questions about the synthetic chemicals that we have spread across this earth.
The book chronicles the development of the endocrine disruptor hypothesis by colborn. A critically important book that forces us to ask new questions about the. But theo colburn of the world wildlife fund thought she discerned one. Unfortunately, these chemicals continue to be used in. Our stolen future explores the scientific discovery of endocrine disruption. She edited chemically induced alterations in sexual and functional development. Handmedown poisons describes the scientific odyssey taken by dr. 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. Along with coauthors dianne dumanoski and the late dr.
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