Primary Authors

Ted Schettler, MD, MPH
Dr. Schettler received his medical degree from Case-Western Reserve Medical School, and his MPH from the Harvard School of Public Health. He is in the Department of Internal Medicine at Boston Medical Center and has a clinical practice at the East Boston Neighborhood Health Center.

Dr. Schettler serves as science director for the Science and Environmental Health Network. He is a Board Member of Greater Boston Physicians for Social Responsibility (GBPSR) and is co-founder and co-chair of GBPSR's Human Health and Environment Project. He is a member of the Environment and Health Committee of the national Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR).

Dr. Schettler serves on the Massachusetts Medical Society's Special Committee on Environment and Occupational Health, and he served on the U.S. Environmental Protection Administration's Endocrine Disruptor Screening and Testing Advisory Committee.

He is co-author of Generations at Risk: Reproductive Health and the Environment (MIT Press, 1999).

Jill Stein, MD
Dr. Stein is a board-certified internist, an instructor in adolescent medicine at Harvard Medical School, and on the staff of the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and the Simmons College Health Center. Dr. Stein is a graduate of Harvard College and received her medical degree from Harvard Medical School.

Dr. Stein is a Board member of Greater Boston Physicians for Social Responsibility and co-chair of its Human Health and Environment Project. She is a member of the Special Committee on Environment and Occupational Health for the Massachusetts Medical Society.

Fay Reich, Psy.D
Dr. Reich is a licensed psychologist who works in a community health center in the Boston area. She holds an M.Ed. in counseling psychology from the University of Massachusetts/Boston, an M.B.A. from Boston University, and a doctorate in clinical psychology from Antioch New England Graduate School.

Dr. Reich provides individual and family treatment to adults, adolescents and children, specializing in individuals with special needs.

Maria Valenti
Ms. Valenti is environmental program director for Greater Boston Physicians for Social Responsibility, as well as a consultant to other organizations on issues concerning the environment and health. She formerly served as executive director of GBPSR, coordinator of New England PSR, and coordinator of the Project on Global Environmental Change & Health, now housed at Harvard Medical School.

Ms. Valenti is president and founder of One Person's Impact, an award-winning environmental research, education and advocacy organization. She has organized campaigns, internationally as well as locally, on environmental issues and issues of social justice.

Ms. Valenti is co-author of Generations at Risk: Reproductive Health and the Environment (MIT Press, 1999).

Contributing Author

David Wallinga, MD, MPA
Dr. Wallinga is a physician and Senior Scientist at the Natural Resources Defense Council in Washington, D.C. He works on environmental health policy issues, including the role of environmental chemicals in children's health, especially neurobehavioral problems. Dr. Wallinga received his medical degree from the University of Minnesota and practiced primary care medicine before receiving a Masters in Public Affairs from Princeton University.

Dr. Wallinga has worked on international environmental health policy problems in Asia and Latin America, consulted with the World Bank and the World Health Organization, and was a Science and Diplomacy fellow with the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He currently serves on the Integrated Human Exposure Subcommittee of the U. S. Environmental Protection Administration's Science Advisory Board.

Dr. Wallinga is the author of Putting Children First: Making Pesticide Levels in Food Safer for Infants & Children, as well as co-author of several journal articles on the adequacy of the EPA's requirements and protocols for testing the toxicity of pesticides.