Chemical "Soup" Clouds Connection between Toxins and Poor Health

Resource Type: 
Publication
Publication Date: 
November, 2012
Major Issue: 
Chemicals
Issue Area: 
Health
Toxics
Geographic Focus: 
National

This article includes an interview with toxicologist, Linda Birnbaum, who has tried to put sound science at the center of debates over chemical regulation. The interview discusses environmental health, toxic chemistry and the politics of chemical regulation.

The interview provides a snapshot of environmental health topics from an expert who has spent over 30 years as a federal scientist at both the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the National Institute of Enivronmental Health Services.

Author(s): 
Brendan Borrell, Scientific American