''Our Stolen Future: Are We Threatening Our Fertility, Intelligence, and Survival? A Scientific Detective Story'' is a 1996 book by
Theo Colborn,
Dianne Dumanoski Dianne may refer to:
People
*Dianne Brushett
* Dianne Buswell
*Dianne Byrum
*Dianne Chandler
* Dianne Cunningham
*Dianne de Leeuw
*Dianne Feinstein
*Dianne van Giersbergen, Dutch singer
*Dianne Haskett
*Dianne Heatherington
*Dianne Holum
*Dianne Ja ...
, and
John Peterson Myers. The book chronicles the development of the
endocrine disruptor hypothesis by Colborn. Though written for the popular press in narrative form, the book contains a substantial amount of scientific evidence. A foreword from then Vice President
Al Gore
Albert Arnold Gore Jr. (born March 31, 1948) is an American politician, businessman, and environmentalist who served as the 45th vice president of the United States from 1993 to 2001 under President Bill Clinton. Gore was the Democratic no ...
increased the book's visibility. It ultimately influenced government policy through congressional hearings and helped foster the development of a research and regulation initiative within the
United States Environmental Protection Agency
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is an independent executive agency of the United States federal government tasked with environmental protection matters. President Richard Nixon proposed the establishment of EPA on July 9, 1970; it ...
(EPA).
The authors also started a website which continues to monitor and report on endocrine disruptor scientific research.
Thousands of scientific articles have since been published on endocrine disruption, demonstrating the availability of grant money for research on the hypothesis raised by ''Our Stolen Future''. For example, a symposium at the 2007
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) meeting explored the contribution of endocrine disruption to obesity and metabolic disorder. As is often the case, there is strong animal evidence but few epidemiological tests of predictions based on the animal experiments.
A 2006 analysis of
Center for Disease Control
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(CDC) data found an extraordinary increase in risk to type II diabetes as a function of exposure to
persistent organic pollutant
Persistent organic pollutants (POPs), sometimes known as "forever chemicals", are organic compounds that are resistant to environmental degradation through chemical, biological, and photolytic processes. They are toxic chemicals that adversel ...
s (POPs), in particular synthetic organic chemicals such as organohalogens.
See also
* ''
Silent Spring
''Silent Spring'' is an environmental science book by Rachel Carson. Published on September 27, 1962, the book documented the environmental harm caused by the indiscriminate use of pesticides. Carson accused the chemical industry of spreading d ...
''
References
Further reading
* Colborn, Theo; Dianne Dumanoski; and John Peterson Myers. ''Our Stolen Future: Are We Threatening Our Fertility, Intelligence, and Survival? A Scientific Detective Story''. New York : Dutton, 1996. 306 p.
* Krimsky, Sheldon. ''Hormonal Chaos: The Scientific and Social Origins of the Environmental Endocrine Hypothesis''. Baltimore, Md, Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000. 256 pp. {{ISBN, 0-8018-6279-5
External links
Some of the most important papers that support the opinions of the book's authors can be foun
here
Official websiteEPA Endocrine Disruptors Research Initiative''Our Stolen Future'' - Revisited 15 Years Later (A talk by one of the authors looking at the science of endocrine disruptors since the book was published)
1996 non-fiction books
Endocrinology