The DES paradigm.

Source :: Natural History. Mar96, Vol. 105 Issue 3, p44. 4p. 2 Color Photographs, 1 Diagram.
Publication Year :: 1996
Abstract: Presents excerpts from the book `Our Stolen Future: How We Are Threatening Our Fertility, Intelligence and Survival--a Scientific Detective Story,' by Theo Colborn, John Myers and Dianne Dumanoski. Focus on the physiological effects of synthetic estrogen diethylstilbestrol's (DES); Association between cancer of the vagina and DES; Mechanism by which DES disrupt the endocrine system; Skepticism from medical and scientific communities towards the dangers of prenatal exposure of infants to DES.