Understanding and Using the Science: Reproductive Physiology and Toxicology -- Reproductive and Developmental Physiology -- Hormones -- Hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal system -- The ovaries -- The testes -- Normal fetal development -- How toxicants can affect reproduction and development -- Principles of abnormal development -- The Role of Science in Public Health Decisions -- The scientific method and the issue of proof -- Animal toxicology -- Epidemiology -- Quantitative risk assessment -- Reexamining scientific tools -- Reproductive and Developmental Effects of Selected Substances and Human Exposures -- Metals -- Lead -- Mercury -- Cadmium -- Arsenic -- Manganese -- Organic Solvents -- Reproductive and developmental effects in humans -- Solvent profiles -- Pesticides -- Active ingredients and "inerts" -- Pesticides fate and transport -- Exposure to pesticides -- Reproductive and developmental toxicity of pesticides -- Pesticide profiles -- Endocrine Disruptors -- Mechanisms of action -- Health effects of endocrine disruptors -- Endocrine disruptor profiles -- Human Exposures to Reproductive Toxicants -- Data sources relevant to human exposure -- Data relevant to human exposure to reproductive toxicants -- The relevance of exposure information -- A Guide to Investigating Environmental Threats to Reproduction -- The Regulation of Hazardous Chemicals and Your Right to Know -- Regulatory responsibility -- Informed consent and the right-to-know -- Twentieth-century seminal events relating to toxic chemicals
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