Abstract
This paper reports on the EPA's action or lack of action regarding endocrine disruptors in the environment. The paper investigates
what is known and is not known about endocrine disruptors, what is "revisionist thinking" regarding such substances as DDT, and what steps the EPA should take with all the information gathered.

Introduction
Background
Environmental studies
Human studies of EDs
In favor of greater activity by the EPA to limit exposure to EDs
Against the EPA moving more rapidly and purposefully against EDs
Conclusion

From the Paper
"Another EPA issue mentioned in that article concerned girls in the United States. A University of North Carolina study of girls between ages 3 and 12 had found that girls were "developing pubertal characteristics at younger ages than suggested by standard pediatric textbooks." [5] The study had not concluded positively that environmental exposures had been implicated, but it did definitely correlate the risks of early puberty with later breast cancer. The release of estrogens begins at puberty. Women who experienced puberty earlier will have a longer duration of exposure to estrogens, and with it, a greater risk of developing breast cancer."

Tags:cancer, toxins, health, risks, children, vulnerable, silent, spring, agricultural, chemicals

Abstract
The author of this book begins with an explanation on how this book begins with a short, seemingly unexplained phenomena among animals, which catches the reader's attention very well. He then discusses how the book progresses into talking about the plight of seagulls and other creatures that live in the Great Lakes area who developed a rare vaginal cancer. The book moves into showing how hormone-disrupting chemicals work. It also shows that some plants have hormone-disrupting chemicals as a defense. After explaining drugs that people knew that they were in taking, the book moves on to some chemicals that are much sneakier. This book also studies small animal populations that have been adversely affected in the past 30 years by chemicals. It links concepts such as hyperactivity and lower brain function to people. Chemicals were mainly thought of as cancer causing agents and nothing else. This book has shown that many chemicals are endocrine disruptors, as well as carcinogens.

From the Paper
"In the past 2 decades male sperm count has dropped 45 percent. This is one of the many horrible facts that this book puts forth. We threaten our unborn children and fertility from doing small things like eating a fish caught in a local river. 8000 flipper babies born was a wakeup call to people. The Thalidomide tragedy was one of the first cases of distrust in medicine. DES a drug given to prevent miscarriages, which didn't prevent miscarriages, caused cancer, infertility and many other serious problems for children. These are a few of the many topics addressed in "Our Stolen Future, Are We Threatening Our Fertility, Intelligence and Survival? A Scientific Detective Story" By Theo Colborn, Dianne Dumanoski, John Peterson Myers."

Tags:colborn, detective, dianne, dumanoski, fertility, future, intelligence, john, myers, our, peterson, scientific, stolen, story, survival, theo, threatening

Abstract
This paper presents a literature review dealing with with aspects aligned to the findings from the research article entitled, "Semen Quality of Fertile U.S. Males in Relation to their Mothers Beef Consumption during Pregnancy" by Swan et al. The paper also explores related and concomitant areas of concern that can shed further light on the hypothesis that the ingestion of steroids and other elements via beef by a mother may negatively affect sperm count.

Table of Contents:
Introduction
Interpretive Overviews of the Links between Diet and Fertility
General Findings and Studies
Specific Indicators: Prenatal Diet, Environment, Ecology and Fertility
Conclusion

From the Paper
"An impressive overview of this aspect is 'Could hormone residues be involved?' by Frederick S. vom Saal. This paper was written partly as response to the study by Swan et al. Commenting on these findings; the author of 'Could hormone residues be involved?' suggests that, "There is extensive evidence that maternal nutrition and maternal consumption of specific nutrients, drugs and chemicals present in food during pregnancy and lactation can have consequences for subsequent pathophysiology of offspring.""

Tags:disruptors, consequences, periconceptional, metalloestrogens, phthalates