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December 31, 2014

Dr. Theo Colborn, Expert on Health Impacts of Fracking Chemicals, Dies at 87 
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The world-renowned scientist Dr. Theo Colborn, one of the leading
experts on the health and environmental impacts of chemicals used to
extract oil and gas, has died at the age of 87. In 2003, at the age of
76, Colborn founded the Endocrine Disruption Exchange to disseminate
scientific evidence related to endocrine disruptors, chemicals that
interfere with development. In 2010, Theo Colborn appeared on Democracy
Now! and spoke about her research on endocrine disruptors and the
chemicals used to extract natural gas through fracking.

Dr. Theo Colborn: "These are the chemicals that can get into the
pregnant woman and enter the womb, while her baby is developing in her
womb, and alter how those children are born. And this is our big concern
today, because we're facing major pandemics of endocrine-driven
disorders — simple things like ADHD, autism, diabetes, obesity,
early testicular cancer, endometriosis. These are all endocrine-driven
disorders that we're very concerned about. And these products are being
injected underground, for centuries, maybe, to stay before they surface,
and also coming back up."

Colborn died on December 14 at home in Paonia, Colorado.

 

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