Our Bodies, Ourselves. Melissa Knopper.
by Knopper, Melissa; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2005Article 60Environment. Publisher: E Magazine, 2004ISSN: 1522-3205;.Subject(s): Autoimmune diseases | Bisphenol A | Breast -- Cancer | Dioxins -- Physiological effect | Endometriosis | Environmental toxicology | Hazardous occupations | Hazardous substances | Mercury | Perfluorooctanoic acid | Phthalate esters | Reproduction -- Endocrine aspects | Tampons | Toxic shock syndrome | Women -- Health risk assessment | Women and the environmentDDC classification: 050 Summary: "A typical American woman--let's call her Sara--wakes up to the sound of her toddler crying from the crib. She decides to make coffee and reaches for a paper filter that could leach dioxin. She's heard dioxin causes women's health problems but didn't have time to buy the unbleached kind. Sara pops a clear plastic bottle into the microwave, adding a little bisphenol A--another hormone-disrupting chemical--into her daughter's milk. She knows it's not safe to microwave many plastics, but couldn't find any glass baby bottles at the store. Next, Sara packs a tuna sandwich to eat for lunch later at work. She spots a newspaper article about canned tuna, mercury and fetal brain damage. Since Sara is trying to get pregnant again, she tosses the sandwich." (E MAGAZINE) This article discusses the "uniquely female environmental health issues" facing American women.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Our Bodies, Ourselves, Sept./Oct. 2004; pp. 26-35.
"A typical American woman--let's call her Sara--wakes up to the sound of her toddler crying from the crib. She decides to make coffee and reaches for a paper filter that could leach dioxin. She's heard dioxin causes women's health problems but didn't have time to buy the unbleached kind. Sara pops a clear plastic bottle into the microwave, adding a little bisphenol A--another hormone-disrupting chemical--into her daughter's milk. She knows it's not safe to microwave many plastics, but couldn't find any glass baby bottles at the store. Next, Sara packs a tuna sandwich to eat for lunch later at work. She spots a newspaper article about canned tuna, mercury and fetal brain damage. Since Sara is trying to get pregnant again, she tosses the sandwich." (E MAGAZINE) This article discusses the "uniquely female environmental health issues" facing American women.
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