Joel Schwartz

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Joel Schwartz (born December 12, 1947, in Long Island, New York, United States) is an American epidemiologist, and Professor of Environmental Epidemiology, at Harvard University, School of Public Health. [1] [2]

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He graduated from Brandeis University with a Ph.D. in 1980. Schwartz identified the effect on intelligence from the environmental exposure of lead in gasoline, which led to its ban in 1986 by the EPA. [3]

He is a partner of the Michigan Metals Epidemiology Research Group. [4]

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References

  1. "Science & Technology". Harvard Gazette.
  2. Schwartz, Joel. "Joel Schwartz". Hsph.harvard.edu.
  3. "Joel Schwartz: Full Throttle Environmentist", Harvard Public Health Review Charlie Schmidt, Summer/Fall 2005
  4. "People - Hu Lab - Michigan Metals Epidemiology Research Group - Environmental Health Sciences - Faculty Research Projects - Faculty & Research - UM SPH". Archived from the original on 2011-06-01. Retrieved 2010-09-13.