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Breasts: A Natural and Unnatural History

di Florence Williams

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Science. Nonfiction. Did you know that breast milk contains substances similar to cannabis? Or that it's sold on the Internet for 262 times the price of oil? Feted and fetishized, the breast is an evolutionary masterpiece. But in the modern world, the breast is changing. Breasts are getting bigger, arriving earlier, and attracting newfangled chemicals. Increasingly, the odds are stacked against us in the struggle with breast cancer, even among men. What makes breasts so mercurial-and so vulnerable?In this informative and highly entertaining account, intrepid science reporter Florence Williams sets out to uncover the latest scientific findings from the fields of anthropology, biology, and medicine. Her investigation follows the life cycle of the breast from puberty to pregnancy to menopause, taking her from a plastic surgeon's office where she learns about the importance of cup size in Texas to the laboratory where she discovers the presence of environmental toxins in her own breast milk. The result is a fascinating exploration of where breasts came from, where they have ended up, and what we can do to save them.… (altro)
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Skemmtilega heillandi bók sem kemur nokkuð á óvart. Florence Williams byrjar á að skoða hvað kann að valda þróun kvenbrjósta sem merkilegt nokk er eitt af því sem einkennir mannskepnuna frá öllum spendýrum. Hún segir frá rannsóknum um hvað kunni að valda því að karlmenn hrífist svo mjög af stærri brjóstum og hvort það hafi haft áhrif á þróun þeirra en fljótlega snýr hún sér að meginhlutverki þeirra sem er brjóstagjöf.
Bókin er stútfull af ýmis konar upplýsingum sem gaman er að kynnast og ég hafði ekki hugmynd um. T.a.m. að vegna eituráhrifa eru dæmi um að fimm ára stúlkur í Mexíkó hafi þroskað með sér brjóst og að vegna svipaðra áhrifa fer kynþroskaaldur stúlkna stöðugt lækkandi. Brjóstin eru sérstaklega næm fyrir allri mengun og safna í sig eituráhrifum úr umhverfinu. Þessi eitrun berst síðan með móðurmjólkinni í ungabörn og frumburðir fá mesta magnið, bæði vegna þess að brjóstin hafa safnað mestu eitrinu fyrir þann tíma og kynþroskaskeiðið virðist gera brjóst sérstaklega næm. En brjóstagjöf er líka nauðsynleg fyrir ungabörn því að með henni lærir ónæmiskerfi barnsis af ónæmiskerfi móður ef svo má að orði komast og ekki síst þá eru vísbendingar um að börn sem verið hafa á brjósti séu með hærri greindarvísitölu en þau sem eru án hennar. Annað sem kom mér á óvart er að brjóstin gefa frá sér mismunandi mjólk eftir því hvort kynið er að drekka af brjóstinu en brjóstin virðast þannig vera afskaplega næm fyrir umhverfinu - nokkuð sem virðist síðan hafa áhrif á það hve brjóstin eru næm fyrir mengun. Þessar upplýsingar og ótal aðrar fannst mér heillandi við lestur bókarinnar.
Williams byggir umfjöllun sína nær eingöngu upp á umfjöllun um rannsóknir sem tengjast brjóstum, þ.e.a.s. brjóstagjöf, mjólk, kynþroska, áhrifum mengunar, brjóstakrabba o.s.frv. Hún gerir þetta vel og blandar inn í söguna viðtölum, eigin upplifun og þátttöku í rannsóknum er tengjast umfjöllunarefni bókarinnar. Einstaka sinnum verður hún þó tæknileg og þurr enda vart við öðru að búast þegar umfjöllunarefnið eru margvíslegar efnafræðiformúlur sem eru notaðar við framleiðslu matvæla og ýmiss varnings sem finna má á heimilum og valda óæskilegum áhrifum á mannskepnuna og já sérstaklega brjóstin. ( )
  SkuliSael | Apr 28, 2022 |
Enlightening and now I am scared sh*tless by everything in my house and my daughters' inevitable too early puberty. ( )
  RakishaBPL | Sep 24, 2021 |
Breasts: A Natural and Unnatural History by Florence Williams This book starts with a list of some of the words that are used to describe breasts.
 
A good way to start a book? Well, it got my attention!A narrative from a woman who for various reasons gets her breast milk analyzed to see what's in it. The horror starts there.A lengthy report on all the toxins we know about and heaps that we don't, at least until now. There is nothing here to brighten your day but lots to make you think about improving the days you have left.A seriously good piece of work that bears thorough reading. Some little earth shattering moments, for example, to hear that the breast is the only organ in the human body that isn't formed up by the time we are born. Kind of obvious when you think about it. But when new drugs are introduced they have to be shown to cause no harm to every other maor organ except the breast.The bit that got me the most was to hear that until *very* recent times it was generally universally accepted that the breast evolved to please men. Universally accepted by men I should say. Remember Desmond Morris? well he was one major espouser of that line. Suave git.Even if you haven't got any breasts of your own, oh we all do! you will find lots here to re-assure, inflame, lull or shake you. There's more in the jiggly bits that you can shake a stick at...err. ( )
  Ken-Me-Old-Mate | Sep 24, 2020 |
The cultural history of the breast with science added to the story. It tells the difference between humans and other mammals regarding breasts. It also explains the stages breast go through from birth to death as well illness such as cancer.

I found this book fascinating. I liked how breasts were given a context in history but I found her going through the life stages of breasts so interesting that if I fell asleep I would relisten to the chapter. At times the narrative gets bogged down in scientific names and numbers especially on how outside chemicals affect breast milk and how it affects babies but it is information that is important. Going through cancer was also an interesting and important section for men also.

I'm glad I listened to it. I plan on listening again. There is so much information within this book. ( )
  Sheila1957 | Jan 14, 2020 |
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  JoshSapan | May 29, 2019 |
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Science. Nonfiction. Did you know that breast milk contains substances similar to cannabis? Or that it's sold on the Internet for 262 times the price of oil? Feted and fetishized, the breast is an evolutionary masterpiece. But in the modern world, the breast is changing. Breasts are getting bigger, arriving earlier, and attracting newfangled chemicals. Increasingly, the odds are stacked against us in the struggle with breast cancer, even among men. What makes breasts so mercurial-and so vulnerable?In this informative and highly entertaining account, intrepid science reporter Florence Williams sets out to uncover the latest scientific findings from the fields of anthropology, biology, and medicine. Her investigation follows the life cycle of the breast from puberty to pregnancy to menopause, taking her from a plastic surgeon's office where she learns about the importance of cup size in Texas to the laboratory where she discovers the presence of environmental toxins in her own breast milk. The result is a fascinating exploration of where breasts came from, where they have ended up, and what we can do to save them.

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