Ralph Dougherty (fwd)

[lshadoff@brazosport.cc.tx.us (Lewis A. Shadoff)]

This is a forward of Dr. Dougherty's comments on the posting by Charlie
Cray on DEHP.  I have clipped out the personal part.


>From: Ralph Dougherty <ralphd@faraday.chem.fsu.edu>
>Subject: science and the law
>To: lshadoff@brazosport.cc.tx.us (Lewis A. Shadoff) (Lewis A. Shadoff)
>Date: Thu, 18 Jul 96 9:01:04 EDT
>Mailer: Elm [revision: 70.85]
>Status: U
>
>Dear Lew
<CLIP>
>        The clip that you sent is essentially a misquote; however, the concern
>about endocrine distruptors is still present and real.  I have done a
>correlation of sperm density in unselected populations and find that nearly
>80% of the variance for the years 1940-1980 in populations east of the
>Mississippi can be accounted for by the total dioxin influx into the lake on
>Isle Royal studied by Hites.
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Lewis A. Shadoff BS, PhD, Lake Jackson, Texas