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and the Secret War on Cancer, Devra Davis, PhD
Reclaiming Our Healthy Future, the 26th National Pesticide Forum,
March 200, Berkeley, CA
Devra Davis, Ph.D., a renowned environmental health expert, is professor of epidemiology at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health. Dr. Davis was designated a National Book Award Finalist for her book, When Smoke Ran Like Water. Her newest book, The Secret History of the War on Cancer, details how we began fighting the wrong war, with the wrong weapons, against the wrong enemies—a legacy that persists to this day. Dr. Davis has also held multiple advisory roles in national and international agencies, including the World Health Organization.Introduced by Andrea Kidd Taylor, professor of public health at Morgan State University and Beyond Pesticides board member.