More than genes: what science can tell us about toxic chemicals, development, and the risk to our children 9780195381504, 0195381505

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More than genes: what science can tell us about toxic chemicals, development, and the risk to our children
 9780195381504, 0195381505

Table of contents :
The richness of our ignorance --
Pollution babies --
From one cell to a hundred trillion --
The fetal brain --
Life in utero : shaping or destruction? --
The endless fetal hangover --
Unborn days and sexuality --
Developmental brain disabilities --
Genes, the womb, and psychosis --
Much ado about IQ --
Culture, poverty, and fetal destruction.

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Mor e t ha n Genes