Toxic bodies : hormone disruptors and the legacy of DES / Nancy Langston.

New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, [2010], ©2010.

xvii, 233 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Disrupting hormonal signals -- Before World War II : chemicals, risk, and regulation -- Help for women over forty -- Bigger, stronger babies with diethylstilbestrol -- Modern meat : hormones in livestock -- Growing concerns -- Assessing new risks -- Sexual development and a new ecology of health -- Precaution and the lessons of history.