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Devra Davis is adamant that she neither believes in nor condones conspiracy theories. But that doesn't stop people with some very strange ideas using her words to spread fear. And they've found that fear is a great way to make money. Devra Davis' lectures were recently used in a film called 5G
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called the book "a welcome addition to the struggle to correct the imbalance" between curative and preventative research, while science writer Fred Pearce wrote it "is a rattling good read and raises vital issues that remain relevant today." In a positive review, science journalist
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Now, how many of you had heard that in 2011, the World Health
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wrote that "devotees of conspiracy theories and aficionados of gossip and innuendo will be drawn towards this book like wasps to a juicy piece of meat" and discussed how the book suggested that
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in attempts to downplay the seriousness of, say, the effects of environmental lead on the IQ of children," but found "an alarming number of errors" regarding air pollution.
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Strategies For Public Health: Promoting Health and Preventing Disease
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National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences
2223:"Why Devra Davis wants the world to hang up and take notice"
2088:"Cell Phones and Cancer: Critics Say Kids Risk Brain Tumors"
1929:(November 2007). "The secret history of the war on cancer".
946:"Mobile phone health alarmists bereft of credible arguments"
1368:. University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health
2357:"A critical analysis of the latest cellphone safety scare"
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Miller, Sue Katz (March–April 2008). "A Crusader Rising".
1831:"The Secret History of the War on Cancer: By Devra Davis"
1452:"National Book Award Finalist: When Smoke Ran Like Water"
919:"Researcher's strong signal on cell phone risk (Q&A)"
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University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health
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National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences
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458:The Secret History of the War on Cancer
451:The Secret History of the War on Cancer
1743:Brunekreef, Bert (February 22, 2003).
311:In 1990, she led a study published in
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2331:between cell phone fears and science"
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2666:American health and wellness writers
2249:Norris, Jeffrey (October 25, 2010).
2188:Davey, Melissa (February 17, 2016).
1341:"Pesticides linked to breast cancer"
1296:Canadian Medical Association Journal
872:Reardon, Marguerite (May 31, 2011).
806:"Our Interview With Dr. Devra Davis"
517:Wireless device radiation and health
2646:Jewish American non-fiction writers
2301:Walsh, Bryan (September 27, 2010).
2110:Deardorff, Julie (March 16, 2011).
2002:Bulletin of the History of Medicine
1124:Wright, Karen (December 15, 1991).
505:the link between tobacco and cancer
178:(born June 7, 1946) is an American
2631:American women medical researchers
2036:Boyle, Peter (November 24, 2007).
1960:"Poisoning on an industrial scale"
1545:10.1097/01.COT.0000290754.63910.1b
1339:Vines, Gail (September 24, 1993).
1097:The University of Chicago Magazine
836:Mann, Denise (December 13, 2019).
415:National Book Award for Nonfiction
27:American epidemiologist and writer
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2512:Din, Benjamin (August 16, 2021).
2491:Bohnel, Steve (August 17, 2021).
2470:Hallberg, Tom (August 17, 2021).
2402:Dean, Signe (February 17, 2016).
2275:World Medical & Health Policy
2131:Fromson, Daniel (July 28, 2011).
1907:Clapp, Dick (December 12, 2007).
1871:Environmental Health Perspectives
1793:Journal of Clinical Investigation
1606:Pearce, Fred (December 7, 2002).
1432:King, Stephen (October 3, 2019).
1015:"Your Health vs. the Environment"
603:Federal Communications Commission
582:Davis claims that radiation from
237:. At age 14, her family moved to
2706:People from Donora, Pennsylvania
2681:University of Pittsburgh faculty
1836:American Journal of Epidemiology
1199:"Experts clash over cancer data"
1013:Curran, Ann (October 19, 2010).
2686:University of Pittsburgh alumni
2355:Timmer, John (March 23, 2018).
2155:Belluz, Julia (July 16, 2018).
2038:"Conspiracy theories of cancer"
1713:Wilhelm, Gregg A. (June 2003).
1244:Beardsley, Tim (January 1994).
624:Environmental Protection Agency
596:5G Apocalypse: Extinction Event
2374:Meade, Amanda (July 5, 2016).
2086:Gann, Carrie (April 5, 2012).
370:US National Toxicology Program
278:Master of Public Health degree
276:in 1972, and in 1982 earned a
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1978:10.1016/S0262-4079(07)62733-X
1945:10.1016/S1470-2045(07)70338-8
1394:Wright, Tom (June 16, 2020).
1290:Robson, B. (April 15, 1996).
1070:. pp. 26–30 – via
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630:in 1984, and her mother from
349:and biostatisticians such as
252:, where in 1967 she earned a
243:Taylor Allderdice High School
2691:University of Chicago alumni
2575:Resources in other libraries
2556:Resources in other libraries
2435:Wright, Tom (June 6, 2020).
1627:Corbett, Stephen J. (2009).
1165:10.1016/0140-6736(90)92020-I
683:New York Academy of Sciences
2711:21st-century American women
2626:American cancer researchers
2477:Jackson Hole News&Guide
1829:Parascandola, Mark (2008).
1786:DuBois, Raymond N. (2008).
1715:"Cutting Through the Smoke"
1131:The New York Times Magazine
637:The New York Times Magazine
302:Environmental Law Institute
227:Pennsylvania National Guard
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2636:American medical academics
1674:10.36019/9780813562438-009
1523:Gochfeld, Michael (2003).
979:. Vol. 223. Detroit:
791:Environmental Health Trust
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409:in her hometown, the 1952
254:Bachelor of Science degree
161:Environmental Health Trust
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2591:Faculty Bio - Devra Davis
2570:Resources in your library
2551:Resources in your library
2228:The Sydney Morning Herald
746:Davis, Devra Lee (2010).
723:Davis, Devra Lee (2007).
700:Davis, Devra Lee (2002).
552:World Health Organization
540:National Cancer Institute
422:Kristin Shrader-Frechette
396:When Smoke Ran Like Water
366:World Health Organization
327:World Health Organization
286:National Cancer Institute
272:as a Danforth Foundation
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2616:American epidemiologists
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1723:Johns Hopkins University
1666:Rutgers University Press
1564:National Book Foundation
1197:Marshall, Eliot (1990).
620:Resources for the Future
586:poses health risks, and
544:Cancer Council Australia
282:Johns Hopkins University
258:physiological psychology
250:University of Pittsburgh
248:Davis then attended the
205:Early life and education
121:Johns Hopkins University
93:University of Pittsburgh
30:Not to be confused with
2676:Writers from Pittsburgh
1991:Keating, Peter (2008).
1750:British Medical Journal
1223:10.1126/science.2237436
1041:Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
2621:American toxicologists
2335:Science Based Medicine
2288:10.2202/1948-4682.1135
1719:Johns Hopkins Magazine
1608:"The new untouchables"
1479:Hood, Clifton (2004).
1434:"To 5G, or not to 5G?"
1266:"Devra Lee Davis, PhD"
1126:"Going by the Numbers"
1090:Kott, Ruth E. (2010).
584:5G wireless technology
470:environmental toxicity
169:Richard D. Morgenstern
2416:on September 27, 2021
2325:(December 31, 2010).
1486:Environmental History
944:(September 1, 2016).
660:Van Nostrand Reinhold
515:Further information:
270:University of Chicago
241:, where she attended
109:University of Chicago
1884:10.1289/ehp.116-a90a
1864:Huff, James (2008).
1668:. pp. 194–224.
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1072:Gale General OneFile
976:Contemporary Authors
848:on December 29, 2021
750:. New York: Dutton.
634:in 2003. Davis told
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523:environmental issues
474:conflict of interest
456:Davis' second book,
411:Great Smog of London
290:post-doctoral fellow
211:Donora, Pennsylvania
1958:Fagin, Dan (2007).
1932:The Lancet Oncology
1647:10.1093/isle/isp059
1251:Scientific American
1215:1990Sci...250..900M
1020:Pittsburgh Magazine
532:wireless technology
347:Philip J. Landrigan
280:in epidemiology at
215:a severe smog event
2015:10.1353/bhm.0.0084
1850:10.1093/aje/kwn210
1587:"What London Fog?"
1460:. October 27, 2009
1092:"Roaming crusader"
971:"Davis, Devra Lee"
511:Wireless radiation
401:Davis' 2002 book,
355:Thomas C. Chalmers
2537:Library resources
2498:Bethesda Magazine
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1683:978-0-8135-6243-8
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