Although researchers knew that DES caused cancer and disrupted sexual development, doctors prescribed it for millions of women, initially for menopause andthen for miscarriage, while farmers gave cattle the hormone to promote rapid weight gain. Its residues, and those of other chemicals, in the American food supply are changing the internal ecosystems of human, livestock, and wildlife bodies in increasingly troubling ways.
- ISBN: 978-0-300-13607-4
- Editorial: Yale University
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 256
- Fecha Publicación: 30/04/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés