The Toxic Origins of Disease Liza Gross Citation: Gross L (2007) The Toxic Origins of Disease. PLoS Biol 5(7): e193 doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0050193 Published: June 26, 2007 Copyright: © 2007 Liza Gross. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Liza Gross is a science writer with PLoS. E-mail: [log in to unmask] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Researchers say endocrine-disrupting chemicals can permanently harm the developing organism and may even promote obesity. But the chemical industry doesn't want you to believe them. http://biology.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get- document&doi=10.1371/journal.pbio.0050193