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David Steinman is an
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,
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, consumer health advocate,
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and
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. He has published five books focusing largely on environmental, dietary, and consumer safety issues, including ''Diet for a Poisoned Planet'' in 1990. He is the founder of the publishing company, Freedom Press, which publishes ''Healthy Living Magazine'', and he also operated an online radio show entitled, Green Patriot Radio.


Education

Steinman earned his undergraduate degree from
Columbia University Columbia University in the City of New York, commonly referred to as Columbia University, is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Churc ...
before earning a
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in
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from the
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.


Career

In 1985 while writing for ''
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'', David Steinman learned that fish in the Santa Monica Bay were tainted with DDT and PCBs. He organized a research team from Loma Linda University that found levels of DDT and PCBs were elevated in the blood of local sport fishermen (including himself). He wrote an article about his findings for the ''Weekly'' entitled, "Poisoned Fish, Poisoned Fishermen.". In February 1986, Steinman was invited to testify as an expert witness before the Congressional Subcommittee on Health and the Environment chaired by Henry Waxman. He shared his findings about the environmental contamination of fishers from Santa Monica Bay and the levels of contamination in locally-sold seafood. The findings of his research team from Loma Linda University were also published in ''Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry'' in 1989. In 1990, he published his first book, ''Diet for a Poisoned Planet'', which discussed, among other things, how to avoid foods that may have been contaminated with pesticides and what pesticides could do to human bodies. Soon after its release, the book garnered criticism from industry organizations like the California Raisin Advisory Board and the
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(ACSH) for its "alarmist" views. The California Raisin Advisory Board spent $558,000 on a campaign to denounce findings in the book. ACSH founder, Elizabeth Whelan, termed the book a "threat to national security." Steinman himself said that he believed the industry was "conspiring against" him to discredit his research. In 1995, Steinman co-authored ''The Safe Shopper's Bible'' with Samuel Epstein. The book provided information on which foods, cosmetics, toiletries, and other household products did or did not have
carcinogens A carcinogen () is any agent that promotes the development of cancer. Carcinogens can include synthetic chemicals, naturally occurring substances, physical agents such as ionizing and non-ionizing radiation, and biologic agents such as viruse ...
or other toxins. In 2007, Steinman commissioned a study on shampoos and bath products that showed that some were contaminated with the carcinogenic compound, 1,4-dioxane. He commissioned a second study in 2008 that revealed that 47 out of 100 soaps, shampoos and other consumer products labeled "natural" or "organic" had detectable levels of the compound. By that time, Steinman had begun publishing ''Healthy Living Magazine'' via his publishing company, Freedom Press. In 2010, Steinman created the online radio show, Green Patriot Radio, which he also hosted. Steinman ran for the U.S. House of Representatives in California's 33rd congressional district in 2012 as a
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candidate, running against incumbent Democratic candidate Henry A. Waxman and others. Steinman lost in the June 2012
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, coming in sixth place with 3.5% of the vote.Statement of Vote: United States Representative by District, 33rd Congressional District
Presidential Primary Election - Statement of Vote, June 5, 2012.
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.


Bibliography


References


External links


1,4-dioxane press conferences website

Campaign for Safe Cosmetics website

Freedom Press and ''The Doctors' Prescription for Healthy Living'' magazine website

Green Patriot website

''Green Patriot Radio with David Steinman'' episodes on BlogTalkRadio

''Green Patriot Radio with David Steinman'' episodes on WebTalkRadio
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