About the Author

Devra Davis's work as a leading epid emiologist and researcher on the environmental cau ses of breast cancer and chronic disease has made her a nationally known figure. She holds a Ph.D. f rom the University of Chicago and an M.P.H. from t he Johns Hopkins School of Public Health. Formerly a Scholar in Residence at the National Academy of Sciences and a member of the National Chemical Sa fety and Hazard Investigation Board under Presiden t Clinton, she is now a Visiting Professor of Publ ic Policy at Carnegie Mellon University. She lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C.