--- title: "3 Theo Colborn Quotes - Famous Zoologist (Our stolen future)" description: "Theodora Emily Colborn was Founder and President Emerita of The Endocrine Disruption Exchange (TEDX), based in Paonia, Colorado, and Professor Emerita o..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b015/author-theo-colborn-75014.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Theo Colborn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b015/author-theo-colborn-75014.jpg) # Theo Colborn (1927–2014) Zoologist **3** quotes in **59** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Theo Colborn was a zoologist, best known for *Our stolen future*. ## Quick Facts About Theo Colborn Born March 28, 1927 Died December 14, 2014 Profession Zoologist Notable works Our stolen future ## About Theo Colborn Theodora Emily Colborn was Founder and President Emerita of The Endocrine Disruption Exchange (TEDX), based in Paonia, Colorado, and Professor Emerita of Zoology at the University of Florida, Gainesville. She was an environmental health analyst, and best known for her studies on the health effects of endocrine disrupting chemicals. She died in 2014. ## Quotes by Theo Colborn > [The journey to a different future must begin by defining the problem differently than we have done until now. . The task…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theo-colborn/the-journey-to-a-different-future-must-begin-by-defining-the-problem/) [Theo Colborn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theo-colborn/) [Causes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/causes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/72a/theo-colborn-75014_causes_the-journey-to-a-different-future-must-b_1430912.png) > [You are not exposed to one chemical at a time, but a complex mixture of chemicals that changes day by day, hour…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theo-colborn/you-are-not-exposed-to-one-chemical-at-a-time-but-a-complex-mixture/) [Theo Colborn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theo-colborn/) [Chemicals](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/chemicals/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f9/theo-colborn-75014_chemicals_you-are-not-exposed-to-one-chemical-at-a_1589703.jpg) > [Every one of you sitting here today is carrying at least 500 measurable chemicals in your body that were never in anybody's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theo-colborn/every-one-of-you-sitting-here-today-is-carrying-at-least-500/) [Theo Colborn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theo-colborn/) [Behavior](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/behavior/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/390/theo-colborn-75014_behavior_every-one-of-you-sitting-here-today-is-c_1846944.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theo-colborn/#itemlist", "name": "Theo Colborn Quotes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The journey to a different future must begin by defining the problem differently than we have done until now. . 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