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Government and other scientists have identified hundreds of chemicals that are linked to diseases in small concentrations and that are unregulated in drinking water or policed at limits that still pose serious risks.

What we know from World War I is that some of our troops had acute symptoms of exposure to chemicals, had bad health and died because of chemical exposure in World War I.

One important part of scientific training is that scientists learn the boundaries, the safety issues, how to properly deal with and dispose of chemicals and reagents.

I think FDA's concerns are patient-safety.

I did research when I was pregnant with my first daughter and was horrified by the chemicals in products, even those meant for babies. I would have to go to 50 different places just to get my house and my kid clean.

It doesn't matter whether it is chemistry or immunology or neuroscience: I just do research on what I find interesting.

Some of the FDA's own scientists have charged that politics, not science, is behind the FDA's actions.

I am a medical scientist, not a practical physician.

There are so many ingredients that are approved for use. You can't be an expert on all of them.

I am a medical scientist, not a practical physician. I think it's very upfront. I am a doctor. I have long experience with heart disease.