{"id":14672,"date":"2014-12-16T00:01:34","date_gmt":"2014-12-16T04:01:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beyondpesticides.org\/dailynewsblog\/?p=14672"},"modified":"2014-12-16T10:30:31","modified_gmt":"2014-12-16T14:30:31","slug":"in-remembrance-theo-colborn-1927-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beyondpesticides.org\/dailynewsblog\/2014\/12\/in-remembrance-theo-colborn-1927-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"In Remembrance: Theo Colborn, 1927-2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

(Beyond Pesticides<\/em>, December 16, 2014) Beyond Pesticides is sad to say goodbye to a dear friend and colleague, Theo Colborn, who at the age of 87, passed away on Sunday, December 14 at home surrounded by her family. Dr. Colborn is author of the groundbreaking book Our Stolen Future<\/a><\/em>, president of The Endocrine Disruption Exchange (TEDX) and Professor Emeritus at the University of Florida, Gainesville. She is the author of numerous scientific publications about compounds that interfere with hormones and other chemical messengers that control development in wildlife and humans. Her incisive research has demonstrated that endocrine disrupting chemicals alter development of the fetus in the womb by interfering with the natural hormonal signals directing fetal growth. Her work has prompted the enactment of new laws around the world.
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Dr. Colborn was presented with Beyond Pesticides\u2019 highest honor, its Dragonfly Award, at the organization\u2019s 25th<\/sup> Anniversary Gala in 2006<\/a>, \u201cFor tireless dedication advancing knowledge and action to protect health and the environment.\u201d Upon accepting the award, she said to those who chose her as the recipient that she would do her best not to let them down, and she hasn\u2019t. One year later, she was honored by Time<\/a><\/em> magazine<\/a> as a global Environmental Hero, and she worked tirelessly to educate the public about the dangers of endocrine disruption until the day she died.<\/p>\n

In October, 2012, Theo Colborn gave a presentation at a TEDxMidAtlantic event in Washington DC in which she read a letter she sent to President Obama<\/a>. In the letter, she reminds them of the current epidemics of endocrine-related disorders and describes how the laws that were supposed to protect us have let us down. She closes with two practical suggestions for the President to take action.