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President of the International Society of Doctors for the Environment, Toxicologist from United Kingdom

Dr Vyvyan Howard is Head of the Developmental Toxico-Pathology Research Group and President of the International Society of Doctors for the Environment.
He’s a senior lecturer at the University of Liverpool, England and specialises in the action of toxic substances on fetal and infant well-being
He has published numerous documents regarding the threat of environmental pollutants to the developing fetus.
He was the toxicologist for the U.K Government DEFRA Advisory Committee on pesticides for the past 6 years.

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Dr Vyvyan Howard

Why are cancer rates rising? (Part One)

Within the last fifty years the incidence of cancer has grown to almost epidemic proportions. Nearly one in two American males contract some form of cancer. Professor Howard looks…

Recorded: 31 January 2005

Dr Vyvyan Howard

Why are cancer rates rising? (part 2)

Professor Howard explains how the original risk assessment of chemicals grossly underestimated chemical toxicity. As an example he talks about Bisphenol A, an endocrine disrupter,…

Recorded: 31 January 2005

Dr Vyvyan Howard

How dangerous are manmade chemicals?

The chemical industry is huge. Widely defined, it accounts for 7% of world GDP. Yet despite the ubiquity of potentially toxic man-made chemicals, consumer health protection is woefully…

Recorded: 31 January 2005

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