Generations at risk reproductive health and the environment (MIT Press, 1999)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-396) and index
Understanding and Using the Science: Reproductive Physiology and Toxicology -- - Reproductive and Developmental Physiology -- - Hormones -- - Hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal system -- - The ovaries -- - The testes -- - Normal fetal development -- - How toxicants can affect reproduction and development -- - Principles of abnormal development -- - The Role of Science in Public Health Decisions -- - The scientific method and the issue of proof -- - Animal toxicology -- - Epidemiology -- - Quantitative risk assessment -- - Reexamining scientific tools -- - Reproductive and Developmental Effects of Selected Substances and Human Exposures -- - Metals -- - Lead -- - Mercury -- - Cadmium -- - Arsenic -- - Manganese -- - Organic Solvents -- - Reproductive and developmental effects in humans -- - Solvent profiles -- - Pesticides -- - Active ingredients and "inerts" -- - Pesticides fate and transport -- - Exposure to pesticides -- - Reproductive and developmental toxicity of pesticides -- - Pesticide profiles -- - Endocrine Disruptors -- - Mechanisms of action -- - Health effects of endocrine disruptors -- - Endocrine disruptor profiles -- - Human Exposures to Reproductive Toxicants -- - Data sources relevant to human exposure -- - Data relevant to human exposure to reproductive toxicants -- - The relevance of exposure information -- - A Guide to Investigating Environmental Threats to Reproduction -- - The Regulation of Hazardous Chemicals and Your Right to Know -- - Regulatory responsibility -- - Informed consent and the right-to-know -- - Twentieth-century seminal events relating to toxic chemicals