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<p><b>Theodora Emily Decker Colborn</b> (* <a href="28._M%C3%A4rz" title="28. März">28. März</a> <a href="1927" title="1927">1927</a> in <a href="Plainfield_(New_Jersey)" title="Plainfield (New Jersey)">Plainfield</a>, <a href="New_Jersey" title="New Jersey">New Jersey</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> † <a href="14._Dezember" title="14. Dezember">14. Dezember</a> <a href="2014" title="2014">2014</a><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in Paonia, <a href="Colorado" title="Colorado">Colorado</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> war eine <a href="Vereinigte_Staaten" title="Vereinigte Staaten">US-amerikanische</a> Zoologin, die als Professorin für <a href="Zoologie" title="Zoologie">Zoologie</a> an der <a href="University_of_Florida" title="University of Florida">University of Florida</a> in <a href="Gainesville_(Florida)" title="Gainesville (Florida)">Gainesville</a> tätig war. Ihr Arbeitsgebiet waren <a href="Hormonaktive_Substanzen" class="mw-redirect" title="Hormonaktive Substanzen">hormonaktive Substanzen</a> und deren Auswirkungen auf die Gesundheit. Colborn war Gründerin und Präsidentin der Organisation <i>The Endocrine Disruption Exchange</i> (TEDX).<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
</p><p>Ihr Buch <i>Our Stolen Future</i>, das sie gemeinsam mit Dianne Dumanoski und John Peterson Myers verfasste, ist in 18 Sprachen erschienen.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Im Dokumentarfilm <i>Underkastelsen</i> bezeichnete Colborn die von hormonaktiven Substanzen ausgehende Gefahr als größere Bedrohung als die Folgen des <a href="Globale_Erw%C3%A4rmung" title="Globale Erwärmung">Klimawandels</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<p>Neben einigen anderen Preisen wurde Colborn im Jahr 1999 der <a href="Rachel-Carson-Preis" title="Rachel-Carson-Preis">Rachel-Carson-Preis</a> verliehen.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Werke">Werke</h2></div>
<ul><li><i>Die bedrohte Zukunft. Gefährden wir unsere Fruchtbarkeit und Überlebensfähigkeit?</i> Mit Dianne Dumanoski, John Peterson Myers. Vorwort von <a href="Al_Gore" title="Al Gore">Al Gore</a>. (398 S.) Droemer-Knaur, München 1996, ISBN 3-426-26864-7. Taschenbuch 1998, ISBN 3-426-77366-X.
<ul><li>Zuerst auf Englisch: <i>Our Stolen Future. How We Are Threatening Our Fertility, Intelligence and Survival. A Scientific Detective Story.</i> Verlag Dutton-Penguin, 1996.</li>
<li>Veröffentlicht in 18 Sprachen.</li></ul></li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Literatur">Literatur</h2></div>
<ul><li>Theo Colborn über die gesundheitsschädigenden Auswirkungen durch die Wasserverschmutzung durch hydraulische Rissbildung (beim Fracking). – <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.democracynow.org/2010/4/14/world_renowned_scientist_dr_theo_colborn">Video 2010 mit Colborn, 60 Minuten in Englisch</a> bei Democracynow.org ("Demokratie jetzt") – <i>World-Renowned Scientist Dr. Theo Colborn on the Health Effects of Water Contamination from Fracking.</i></li>
<li>Interview 1998: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/nature/interviews/colborn.html">PBS.org, <i>Frontline.</i></a></li>
<li>Nachruf: Leroy Lowe, Michael Gilbertson: <i>Theo Colborn (28 March 1927–14 December 2014).</i> In: <i><a href="Carcinogenesis" title="Carcinogenesis">Carcinogenesis</a>.</i> 36, 2015, S. vii, <a href="Digital_Object_Identifier" title="Digital Object Identifier">doi</a>:<span class="uri-handle" style="white-space:nowrap"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1093/carcin%2Fbgv080">10.1093/carcin/bgv080</a></span>.</li></ul>
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<ul><li>Webseite zum Buch: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ourstolenfuture.org">OurStolenFuture.org</a></li>
<li>Deutschlandfunk 1998: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/die-bedrohte-zukunft.700.de.html?dram:article_id=79357">Rezension von Johannes Kaiser</a></li></ul>
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<li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-1">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://endocrinedisruption.org/assets/media/documents/Colborn%20bio%20short%20version.pdf">Kurzbiografie in PDF auf endocrinedisruption.org</a> von Elizabeth Grossman. (englisch, abgerufen am 23. September 2017).</span>
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<li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-2">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="cite">Merritt Clifton: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.animals24-7.org/2014/12/16/theo-colborn-87-identified-chemical-effects-on-animal-human-health/"><i>Theo Colborn, 87, identified chemical effects on animal & human health.</i></a> 16. Dezember 2014,<span class="Abrufdatum"> abgerufen am 29. Mai 2024</span> (amerikanisches Englisch).</span><span style="display: none;" class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fde.wikipedia.org%3ATheo+Colborn&rft.title=Theo+Colborn%2C+87%2C+identified+chemical+effects+on+animal+%26+human+health&rft.description=Theo+Colborn%2C+87%2C+identified+chemical+effects+on+animal+%26+human+health&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.animals24-7.org%2F2014%2F12%2F16%2Ftheo-colborn-87-identified-chemical-effects-on-animal-human-health%2F&rft.creator=Merritt+Clifton&rft.date=2014-12-16&rft.language=en-US"> </span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-3">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="cite"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/latimes/name/theodora-colborn-obituary?id=17195703"><i>Theodora Colborn Obituary (2014) - Los Angeles, CA - Los Angeles Times.</i></a><span class="Abrufdatum"> Abgerufen am 29. Mai 2024</span>.</span><span style="display: none;" class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fde.wikipedia.org%3ATheo+Colborn&rft.title=Theodora+Colborn+Obituary+%282014%29+-+Los+Angeles%2C+CA+-+Los+Angeles+Times&rft.description=Theodora+Colborn+Obituary+%282014%29+-+Los+Angeles%2C+CA+-+Los+Angeles+Times&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.legacy.com%2Fus%2Fobituaries%2Flatimes%2Fname%2Ftheodora-colborn-obituary%3Fid%3D17195703"> </span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-4">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="cite"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://endocrinedisruption.org/home/"><i>Home.</i></a><span class="Abrufdatum"> Abgerufen am 29. Mai 2024</span>.</span><span style="display: none;" class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fde.wikipedia.org%3ATheo+Colborn&rft.title=Home&rft.description=Home&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fendocrinedisruption.org%2Fhome%2F"> </span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-5">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="cite"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.klamathbasincrisis.org/exposed/w-altonjones.htm"><i>Artikel auf "Umwelt-und-Klima-News".</i></a><span class="Abrufdatum"> Abgerufen am 23. September 2017</span> (englisch).</span><span style="display: none;" class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fde.wikipedia.org%3ATheo+Colborn&rft.title=Artikel+auf+%22Umwelt-und-Klima-News%22&rft.description=Artikel+auf+%22Umwelt-und-Klima-News%22&rft.identifier=&rft.date=&rft.language=en"> </span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-6">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="cite">Andreas Wennberg: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKtAu3Zq_gg"><i>Trailer - Underkastelsen - En ny dokumentär av Stefan Jarl.</i></a> 25. März 2010,<span class="Abrufdatum"> abgerufen am 29. Mai 2024</span>.</span><span style="display: none;" class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fde.wikipedia.org%3ATheo+Colborn&rft.title=Trailer+-+Underkastelsen+-+En+ny+dokument%C3%A4r+av+Stefan+Jarl&rft.description=Trailer+-+Underkastelsen+-+En+ny+dokument%C3%A4r+av+Stefan+Jarl&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DGKtAu3Zq_gg&rft.creator=Andreas+Wennberg&rft.date=2010-03-25"> </span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-7">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.rachelcarsonprisen.no/eng/Prize-Winners/Theo-Colborn">Preisverleihung 1999 an Theo Colborn</a> auf RachelCarsonPrisen.no (engl., abg. am 23. September 2017).</span>
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