Dr. Theo Colborn raised children on a farm in Colorado before returning to graduate school at the age of 55 to fuel and further her passion to prevent harm to the environment from endocrine disrupting chemicals. Her organization TEDX collects and distributes scientific evidence about these chemicals.www.endocrinedisruption.org.

In this excerpt from our interview, which took place on the rim of the Black Canyon in Colorado, she describes a miraculous event that happened one day many years ago in the life of her son working on the family farm. What I deeply respect about Theo and her work is its high degree of basic common sense. Like Rachel Carson and others, she starts at home, by just looking at the world around her and seeing what is beautiful and miraculous… and what needs some attention and action.

Posted on May 6th, 2009 in Educators, Environmentalists, Parents, Scientists