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Endocrine Disruption in Fish (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1998)
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Endocrine Disruption in Fish (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1998)
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The last half-century has shown a dramatic increase in the standard
of living of millions of people in Europe, North America and many
parts of the Third World. This has, in many ways been brought about
by scientific and technical developments which were initiated in
the 1940s and 1950s. Promises were then made that nuclear energy
would provide electricity so cheap that it would not need metering,
pesticides would end malnutrition throughout the world and plastics
and other synthetic chemicals would revolutionise our manufacturing
industry and our way of life. Whilst some of these promises have
been fulfilled, the problems of long-term health risks to humans
and wildlife arising from the use, production and disposal of these
products were either unknown or deliberately understated. Nuclear
power is rendered economically unviable when the real cost of
decommissioning and storage of waste for several millenia is
included, and the effects on health of both humans and wildlife of
early pest eradication programmes with organochlorine pesticides
were well documented in Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring." Evidence
of the effects of aerosols and refrigerants on depletion of the
ozone layer has led to restriction on the use of CFCs, and there is
now increasing evidence of climate change resulting from our
profligate use of fossil fuels.
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