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Theodora Emily Decker Colborn (born March 28, 1927 in Plainfield , New Jersey , † December 14, 2014 in Paonia , Colorado ) was an American zoologist who was a professor of zoology at the University of Florida in Gainesville . Her field of work was hormone-active substances and their effects on health. Colborn was the founder and president of The Endocrine Disruption Exchange (TEDX).
Her book Our Stolen Future , which she wrote with Dianne Dumanoski and John Peterson Myers , has been published in 18 languages. In the documentary Underkastelsen , Colborn described the danger posed by hormone-active substances as a greater threat than the consequences of climate change .
Awards
In addition to a number of other prizes, Colborn was awarded the Rachel Carson Prize in 1999 .
Works
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The threatened future. Are we endangering our fertility and survivability? With Dianne Dumanoski, John Peterson Myers. Preface by Al Gore. (398 pages) Droemer-Knaur, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-426268647 . Paperback 1998, ISBN 3-42677366X .
- First in English: Our Stolen Future. How We Are Threatening Our Fertility, Intelligence and Survival. A Scientific Detective Story. Dutton-Penguin Publishing House , 1996.
- Published in 18 languages.
literature
- Theo Colborn on the harmful effects of water pollution through hydraulic cracking (during fracking). - Video 2010 with Colborn, 60 min in English at Democracynow.org ("Demokratie now") - World-Renowned Scientist Dr. Theo Colborn on the Health Effects of Water Contamination from Fracking.
- Interview 1998: PBS.org, Frontline.
- Obituary: Leroy Lowe, Michael Gilbertson: Theo Colborn (March 28, 1927– December 14, 2014). In: Carcinogenesis . 36, 2015, p. Vii, doi : 10.1093 / carcin / bgv080 .
Web links
- Website for the book: OurStolenFuture.org
- Deutschlandfunk 1998: Review by Johannes Kaiser
Individual evidence
- ↑ Short biography in pdf on endocrinedisruption.org by Elizabeth Grossman. (English, accessed on September 23, 2017).
- ^ Obituary on Animals24-7.org by Elizabeth Grossman. (English, accessed on September 23, 2017).
- ↑ Obituary notice in the Los Angeles Times (accessed on legacy.com on September 23, 2017).
- ↑ - TEDx endocrinedisruption.org website .
- ↑ Article on "Environment-and-Climate-News" . Retrieved September 23, 2017.
- ↑ Theo Colborn in the film Underkastelsen , 2 min on youtube.
- ↑ Award ceremony 1999 to Theo Colborn on RachelCarsonPrisen.no (English, released on September 23, 2017).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Colborn, Theo |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Colborn, Theodora Emily Decker (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American zoologist and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 28, 1927 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Plainfield , New Jersey , United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 14, 2014 |
| Place of death | Paonia , Colorado , United States |