Health Professionals' Open Letter to Policy Makers 

in Support of the Clean Air Act 

and the Environmental Protection Agency 

As physicians, nurses, and public health experts, we urge our policy 

makers to support the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) 

ability under the Clean Air Act to take action that will protect public 

health and address climate change. 

Climate change poses significant threats to the health and well-being of all Americans, with disproportionate impacts on children, the elderly, and the poor. Our own 

medical journals1

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Association, 6 American Academy of Pediatrics/ American Public Health Association,8 

and American Nursing Association9 ) have sounded the alarm. Health effects will include heat-related illnesses, exacerbated cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, 

more frequent outbreaks of water-borne diseases (such as Cryptosporidium) and 

vector-borne diseases (such as West Nile virus), and mental health impacts resulting from the stress of coping with extreme weather including flooding and hurricanes.10 

The human and economic costs of these impacts are grave. For instance, a recent 

report from the Union of Concerned Scientists estimates that in 2020, the continental United States could pay an average of $5.4 billion (in 2008 dollars) in healthrelated costs due to the increase in surface-level ozone associated with rising temperatures. 11 

On April 2, 2007, the Supreme Court ruled that global warming emissions are air 

pollutants covered by the Clean Air Act (CAA). 12 Subsequently, the EPA performed 

an exhaustive review of the relevant scientific research and determined that global 

warming emissions endanger public health and welfare and therefore must be regulated under the CAA. 13 Because the EPA's finding is based on well-established science, any effort to prevent or delay the agency from taking action to reduce global 

warming emissions is a rejection of that science. 

The EPA is charged with protecting our public health and our environment, and the 

Clean Air Act is an extraordinarily successful and cost-effective way of doing so. In 

2010 alone, this science-based law prevented an estimated 160,000 premature 

deaths and millions of cases of respiratory and cardiovascular disease-annual benefits that are projected to grow during the next decade. The Clean Air Act is also 

good for the economy, with its benefits exceeding its costs by 26 to 1. 14 Now the 

EPA must be allowed to act on its authority under the law and begin regulating 

global warming emissions. 

Keeping in mind the urgency of America's climate and energy challenges, the prohibitive cost of inaction, and the many benefits of acting today, we urge you to oppose all attacks on the Clean Air Act. Please respect the scientific integrity of the 

EPA's endangerment finding and the agency's ability to act based on this finding, 

and stand up for the public health and economic good of our nation. 
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(9676):1693-1733. May 16. 

2. Epstein, P.R. 2005. Climate change and human health. New England Journal of Medicine 

353: 1433-1436. October 6. 

3. Haines, A., and J.A. Patz. 2004. Health effects of climate change. Journal of the American 

Medical Association 291:99-103. January 7. 

4 . Rom, W.N. 2008. Global warming : A challenge to all American Thoracic Society members. 

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 177: 1053-1054. 

5. Shea, K.M. 2007. Global climate change and children's health. Pediatrics 120:e1359-

e1367 . October. 

6. American Medical Association. 2008. Report 3 of the Council on Science and Public 

Health. Online at http://www. ama-assn. org/ resources/ docj csaph/ csaph3i08-summary.pdf. 

7. American Academy of Pediatrics. 2007. Global Climate Change and Children's Health. 

Online at http://aappolicy.aappublications.org/ cgi/ reprint/ pediatrics; 120/ 5/ 1149.pdf. November 2007. 

8. American Public Health Association . 2007. Addressing the urgent threat of global climate 

change to public health and the environment. November 6. Online at http://www.apha.org/ 

advocacyj policyj policysearch/ default.htm?id=1351. 

9. American Nurses Association. 2009. ANA cautions about health effects of climate change 

at press conference. November 23 . Online at http://www.nursingworld.org/ 

MainMenuCategories/ OccupationalandEnvironmental/environmentalhealth/ HealthProfessions-Speak-Out-About-Ciimate-Change.aspx . 2009. 

10. Physicians for Social Responsibility. No date. The medical and public health impacts of 

global warming. Online at http://www.psr.org/ assets/pdfs/ global-warming-fact-sheet.pdf. 

11. Union of Concerned Scientists. 2011. Climate change and your health: Rising temperatures, worsening ozone pollution. Online at http://www.ucsusa.org/ 

climatechangeandozonepollution. 

12. Massachusetts v . EPA, 549 U.S. 497 (2007). Text of opinion onl ine at http:// 

www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/ 06pdf/ 05-1120.pdf. 

13. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). 2009. Endangerment and cause or contribute findings for greenhouse gases under Section 202(a) of the Clean Air Act . Online at 

http://www.epa.gov/ climatechangejendangerment.html. 
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and the Environmental Protection Agency 

The signers of this statement are physicians, registered or advanced practice nurses, 

or experts with a master's or Ph.D. in public health. * denotes convening signer. 

A COMPLETE LIST OF THE 357 SIGNERS 

ALASKA 

Jill Seaman, MD 

Bethel, AK 

ALABAMA 

David Smith, MD 

Spanish Fort, AL 

ARKANSAS 

Hosea Mcadoo, MD 

Sherwood, AR 

ARIZONA 

Mark Brown, MD 

Tucson, AZ 

Gerald Karches, MS 

Tucson, AZ 

M. Elizabeth Hunter, MPH 

Phoenix, AZ 

Ulrich Michael, MD 

Tucson, AZ 

Linda Smith Schermer, MPH 

Sedona, AZ 

Eve Shapiro, MD 

Tucson, AZ 

Barbara Warren, MD 

Tucson, AZ 

CALIFORNIA 

John Ackerman, MD 

Santa Barbara, CA 

Zia Ahari, MD 

San Rafael, CA 

Ed Avol, MD 

Los Angeles, CA 

Jerald Abajian, MD 

Napa,CA 

Barbara Baehr, MD 

San Diego, CA 

Laura Balestreri, MD 

Oakland, CA 

Ann Blake, PhD 

Alameda, CA 

Ronald Blond, MD 

Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 

James Bronk, MD 

Napa, CA 

Elizabeth Carlton, PhD 

Oakland, CA 

Donna Carr, MD 

Encinitas, CA 

Jiu-Chiuan Chen, MD, MPH, SeD 

Los Angeles, CA 

Edward Cruz, MD 

Davis, CA 

Phyllis Cullen, MD 

Chico, CA 

Stanley Dawson, PhD 

Davis, CA 

Edward Cruz, MD 

Davis, CA 

George Ellison, MD 

San Diego, CA 

Jessica Fielden, MD 

Oakland, CA 

Austin Fite, MD 

Pacific Palisades, CA 

Charles Fischer, MD 

San Rafael, CA 

Cheri Forrester, MD 

Mill Valley, CA 

Roger Fox, MD 

Carlsbad, CA 

Kenneth Frausto, MD 

Oakland, CA 

Maria Garcia, MD 

San Francisco, CA 

Warren Gold, MD 

Mill Valley, CA 

Nayvin Gordon, MD 

Oakland, CA 

Omar Guzman, MD 

Fresno, CA 

Timothy M. Hall, MD, PhD, MA 

Los Angeles 

Jerome Hoffman, MD 

Beverly Hills, CA 

Martin Joye, MD 

Vacaville, CA 

Betty Jung, RN, MPH 

Oakland, CA 

Thomas Knecht, MD 

Oakland, CA 

James Koss, MD 

Richmond, CA 

Jeffrey Kupperman, MD 

Santa Barbara, CA 

Donald Lahti, MD 

Beaumont, CA 
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Piper Lillehoff, MD 

Irvine, CA 

Robert Lowen, MD 

Palo Alto, CA 

Erica Lubliner, MD 

Los Angeles, CA 

Richard Maddock, MD 

Davis, CA 

Teresa McColley, RN 

Santa Rosa, CA 

Robert Meagher, MD 

Sacramento, CA 

Lloyd Peckner, MD 

Santa Monica, CA 

Dennis Pocekay 

Petaluma, CA 

Stephen Read, MD 

San Pedro, CA 

Sidney Reiff, MD 

Beverly Hills, CA 

Linda Rosenstock, MD, MPH* 

Los Angeles, CA 

Kathy Ruppel , MD 

Stanford, CA 

Fredrick Seil, MD 

Berkeley, CA 

Daniel Silver, MD 

Los Angeles, CA 

Gina Solomon, MD, MPH 

San Francisco, CA 

Robert Spear, PhD 

Berkeley, CA 

Mark Spohr, MD 

Tahoe City, CA 

Arthur Strauss, MD 

Irvine, CA 

Carl Sufit, MD 

Escalon, CA 

Robert Sullivan, MD 

Sacramento, CA 

M. Kelly Sutton, MD 

Fair Oaks, CA 

Jon Trefil, MD 

Albion, CA 

Harry Wang, MD 

Sacramento, CA 

Stephen Weber, MD 

Sacramento, CA 

Mel Werbach, MD 

Springville, CA 

Junfeng (Jim) Zhang, PhD 

Los Angeles, CA 

COLORADO 

Wayne Crill, MD 

Fort Collins, CO 

Kenneth Kutalek, MD 

Evergreen, CO 

Michael Paterson, MD 

Monte Vista, co 

Laurel Starr, MD 

Golden, CO 

Huibert Vriesendorp, MD 

Silverthorne, co 

CONNECTICUT 

Kathleen Cooper-McDermott, 

MSN,MPH 

Groton, CT 

Michael Corjulo, APRN 

North Haven, CT 

Vittoria Gassman, MD 

Norwalk, CT 

J. Michael Herr, MD 

West Hartford, CT 

Peter Kennedy, PhD 

West Hartford, CT 

Ruth Knollmueller, RN, PhD 

Cheshire, CT 

Mark Mitchell, MD, MPH 

Hartford, CT 

Justin Paglino, MD 

Guilford, CT 

Jonathan Stolzenberg, MD 

West Hartford, CT 

John Strauss, MD 

New Haven, CT 

Carolyn Jean Webb, SM, MS 

West Hartford, CT 

Faith Weidner, MD 

Simsbury, CT 

Monica Wheeler, MSN, RN 

Westport, CT 

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 

Tee Guidotti, MD, MPH 

Washington, DC 

DELAWARE 

Alyssa Pensirikul, MD, PhD 

Wilmington, DE 

FLORIDA 

Philip Blaustein, MD 

Parrish, FL 

Raymond Bellamy, MD 

Tallahassee, FL 

Alan Delamater, PhD 

Plantation, FL 
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Barrett Dick, MD 

Bradenton, FL 

Sandra Gompf, MD 

Plant City, FL 

Marybeth Palmigiano, MPH 

Tampa, FL 

Cynthia Tainsh, MD 

Orlando, FL 

GEORGIA 

Vernon Di xon, MD 

Hiawassee, GA 

Gail Heaberg, APRN 

Warner Robins, GA 

Jeremy Hess, MD, PhD 

Decatur, GA 

Karen Levy, PhD 

Atlanta, GA 

Gary Ludi, MD 

Roswel l, GA 

Michele Marcus, PhD 

Atlanta, GA 

Michael McGeehin, PhD, MSPH 

Atlanta, GA 

J Paul Newell, MD 

Cartersville, GA 

Justin Remais, PhD 

Atlanta, GA 

HAWAII 

Sue Felt, RN, MS, MPH 

Kailua Kana, HI 

IDAHO 

Glen Albertson, MD 

Twin Falls, ID 

ILLINOIS 

Neil Aronson, MD 

Skokie, IL 

Carmen Del Cid, CPNP 

Chicago, IL 

Linda Forst, MD, MPH 

Chicago, IL 

Jill Fraggos, MPH 

Chicago, IL 

David Ganch, MD 

Chicago, IL 

Michele Kelley, SeD 

Chicago, IL 

Kristine Kristine, APN 

Chicago, IL 

Karen Manning, NP 

Lisle, IL 

Dana March, PNP 

Chicago, IL 

Marvin Makinen, MD 

Chicago, IL 

Susanna McColley, MD 

Chicago, IL 

Rachel Rubin, MD 

Chicago, IL 

Barbara Sargent, PNP 

Libertyville, IL 

Jennifer Weuve, SeD, MPH 

Chicago, IL 

Eric Wilson, MD 

Chicago, IL 

INDIANA 

Denise Ward, DO 

Bristol, IN 

Howard Christofersen, MD 

Porter, IN 

Richard Newcomb, MD 

Portage, IN 

KANSAS 

Ann Suellentrop, MS, RN 

Kansas City, KS 

KENTUCKY 

Keisa Bennett, MD, MPH 

Lex ington, KY 

Virginia Bush, RN 

Louisville, KY 

Denise Puthuff, MD 

Louisville, KY 

MASSACHUSETTS 

William Abend, MD 

Wellesley Hills, MA 

Melissa Bartick, MD 

Cambridge, MA 

Doris Berger, MD 

Brookline, MA 

Suzanne Cashman, SeD 

Newtonville, MA 

Stephanie Chalupka, EdD, APRN 

Worcester, MA 

David Christiani, MD, MPH, MS 

Boston, MA 

Trina Cysz, RN, MPH 

Belchertown, MA 

Paul Epstein , MD, MPH deceased* 

Boston, MA 

Janna Gaberman, MD 

Longmeadow, MA 

Arthur Gionti, MD 

Amherst, MA 

Rose H. Goldman, MD, MPH 

Cambridge, MA 
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Barbara Goldoftas, PhD Viviana Cuberos, MD Howard Hu, MD, MPH, SeD* 

Worcester, MA Baltimore, MD Ann Arbor, MI 

Pamela Grace, PhD, APRN Laurette Cucuzza, MPH Larry Junek, MD 

Chestnut Hill, MA Silver Spring, MD Ann Arbor, MI 

Beverly Hector-Smith, NP Monique Dubois-dalcq, MD Shawn Kimmel, PhD, MA 

Natick, MA Bethesda, MD Detroit, MI 

Ben Kerman, MD Kelly Fritz, MD Kenneth Rosenman, MD 

Arlington, MA Leonardtown, MD East Lansing, MI 

Gerald Keusch, MD Lorne Garrettson, MD MINNESOTA 

Boston, MA Sandy Spring, MD 

Ann Bajari, MPH 

Nathaniel Kuhn, MD Katie Huffling, MS, RN, CNM Annandale, MN 

Belmont, MA Mount Rainier, MD 

David Councilman, MD 

Charles Lidz, PhD Mary Lo, MD Minneapolis, MN 

Sutton, MA Germantown, MD 

Deborah Mielke, MD 

Jack Paradise, MD Thomas Moench, MD Maple Grove, MN 

Belmont, MA Baltimore, MD 

MISSOURI 

Robert Petersen, MD Cindy Parker, MD, MPH 

Cambridge, MA Baltimore, MD Lester Bickford, MD 

Kansas City, MO 

James Philip, MD Liz Perera, MPH 

Joan Butcher, MD Chestnut Hill, MA Bethesda, MD 

Saint Louis, MO 

Christine Rogers, PhD Minerva Romero Arenas, MD 

Carmen Federowich, MD Amherst, MA Baltimore, MD 

Monroe City, MO 

Beth Rosenberg, SeD, MPH Mario Teran, MD 

Somerville, MA Baltimore, MD MISSISSIPPI 

Jeffrey Scavron, MD MAINE Janet Black, BSN, MSN, MPH 

Springfield, MA Janet Ordway, MD Hattiesburg, MS 

Kathleen Szegda, MPH, MS Old Orchard Beach, ME Swink Hicks, MD 

Springfield, MA Edward Walworth, MD 

Madison, MD 

Bruce Wintman, MD Lewiston, ME MONTANA 

Springfield, MA MICHIGAN Kathleen Masis, MD 

MARYLAND Stuart Batterman, PhD Billings, MT 

Brenda Afzal, RN, MS Ann Arbor, MI NORTH CAROLINA 

Ellicott City, MD Alfred Franzblau, MD Alan Archbold, DO 

Karyn Anderson, PhD, MD Ann Arbor, MI Hillsborough, NC 

Baltimore, MD Joseph Hess, MD William Blackley, MD 

East Lansing, MI Elkin, NC 
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Deborah Fields, MD 

Greensboro, NC 

Priscilla Guild, MSPH 

Chapel Hill, NC 

Jonathan Kotch, MD 

Durham, NC 

Jack Leiss, PhD 

Mebane, NC 

Thomas Mutton, MD 

Winston Salem, NC 

Donna Newman, PhD 

Raleigh, NC 

Lewis Patrie, MD 

Asheville, NC 

Martha Payne, PhD, MPH 

Durham, NC 

Karin Yeatts, PhD 

Chapel Hill, NC 

NEW HAMPSHIRE 

Phillip Hunt, SeD 

Newfields, NH 

Michael OSullivan, PhD 

Madbury, NH 

Nathan Sidley, MD 

Wonalancet, NH 

Mark Windt, MD 

North Hampton, NH 

NEW JERSEY 

Karen KellyThomas, PhD, RN 

Gibbsboro, NJ 

Judith Klotz, DrPH, MPH 

Lawrenceville, NJ 

Luis Montesinos, MD 

Little Falls, NJ 

Marian Nowak, MEd, MSN, MPH 

Sicklerville, NJ 

Joseph Ponessa, PhD, MS 

Moorestown, NJ 

Ninu-Aiexandri Quirk, MD 

Deal, NJ 

Derek Shendell, DEnv, MPH 

Chatham, NJ 

Mary Ellen Teshima, RN 

Towaco, NJ 

Michael Yellin, MD 

Montclair, NJ 

NEW MEXICO 

Eileen Barrett, MD 

Shiprock, NM 

Robert Bernstein, MD 

Santa Fe, NM 

Yadira Caraveo, MD 

Albuquerque, NM 

Gene Chorostecki, MD 

Santa Fe, NM 

Anita Holtz, MD 

Albuquerque, NM 

Norton Kalishman, MD 

Albuquerque, NM 

Barry Kirschbaum, MD 

Santa Fe, NM 

Jean MacPhail, MD 

Santa Fe, NM 

Stephen Markowitz, MD 

Santa Fe, NM 

James Montesinos, MD 

Santa Fe, NM 

James Sitrick Jr, MHSc 

Santa Fe, NM 

Jon Spar, MSPH 

Albuquerque, NM 

Barbara Starfield, MD deceased 

Las Cruces, NM 

Alex Stelzner, MD 

Albuquerque, NM 

NEVADA 

James Lawrie, MD 

Reno, NV 

Nancy Menzel, RN, PhD 

Las Vegas, NV 

William Schaffer, MD 

Las Vegas, NV 

NEW YORK 

Carl W. Braun, MD 

New York, NY 

Norma MT Braun, MD 

Thornwood, NY 

Joan Budd, MD 

Pleasantville, NY 

Cenie Cafarelli, MD 

Rochester, NY 

Vanessa Calderon, MD 

Ithaca, NY 

Megan Cea, MD 

White Plains, NY 

Gordon Comstock, MD 

Arcade, NY 

Margaret Craven, MD 

Voorheesville, NY 

Dominic Ferro, MD 

Nanuet, NY 

Frederic Joyce, MD 

Utica, NY 

Joseph Graziano, PhD 

New York, NY 
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Jessica Kandel, MD Jason Chao, MD Theodore Nichols, MD 

New York, NY Cleveland, OH Painesville, OH 

Andrew Kanter, MD, MPH Elaine Connelly, RN Barbara Polivka, PhD 

New York, NY Broadview Heights, OH Columbus, OH 

Elizabeth Kinney, MS Kim Conway, RN Chris Rea, MPH 

Albany, NY North Royalton, OH Columbus, OH 

Gerald Kolbert, MD Anne Davy, RN, MS Ann Reichsman, MD 

Larchmont, NY Prospect, OH Cleveland Heights, OH 

Phi lip Landrigan, MD, MSc Daniel Dawley, MD Susan Righi, MD 

New York, NY Bowling Green, OH Athens, OH 

Gerson Lesser, MD Chantal Dothey, MD Jonathan Slaughter, MD 

Bronx, NY Cleveland, OH Bexley, OH 

Jaymie Meliker, PhD Therese Dowd, PhD, RN Julia Veres, MSN 

Port Jefferson, NY Akron, OH Cleveland Heights, OH 

Jill Nord, MD Lois McClelland, RN Ann Williams, MD 

Glendale, NY Sheffield Lake, OH Cleveland Heights, OH 

Stacey Plichta, SeD Theodore Nichols, MD Chadwick Wright, MD 

New York, NY Painesville, OH Lewis Center, OH 

Richard Schloss, MD Barbara Polivka, PhD OKLAHOMA 

Huntington, NY Columbus, OH G. Edward Shissler, MD 

Mary Ann Segal, MD Chris Rea, MPH Edmond, OK 

Bronx, NY Columbus, OH OREGON 

Vincent Silenzio, MD, MPH Ann Reichsman, MD Stephen Bachhuber, MD 

Rochester, NY Cleveland Heights, OH Happy Valley, OR 

Sayone Thihalolipavan, MPH Susan Righi, MD Nicholas De Morgan, MD 

New York, NY Athens, OH Portland, OR 

Ruth Walker, MD, PhD . Jonathan Slaughter, MD Martin Donohoe, MD 

Brooklyn, NY Bexley, OH Lake Oswego, OR 

Mark Wel ler, MD Julia Veres, MSN Nancy Loeb, MD 

Scarsdale, NY Cleveland Heights, OH Portland, OR 

OHIO Ann Williams, MD Jenny Pompilio, MD 

Mary Brown, MPH 

Cleveland Heights, OH Portland , OR 

Morrow, OH Chadwick Wright, MD Berklee Robins, MD 

Timothy Buckley, PhD* 

Lewis Center, OH Lake Oswego, OR 

Columbus, OH 
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Irene Saikevych, MD 

Talent, OR 

Catherine Thomasson, MD 

Corvallis, OR 

PENNSYLVANIA 

Nicholas Abend, MD 

Philadelphia, PA 

Jeffrey Bedrick, MD 

Newtown Square, PA 

Cheryl Bettigole, MD 

Philadelphia, PA 

Lisa Evans, MD 

Philadelphia, PA 

Arthur Frank, MD, PhD 

Philadelphia, PA 

Bernard D. Goldstein, MD 

Pittsburgh, PA 

George Leikauf, PhD 

Pittsburgh, PA 

Felicia Lewis, MD 

Philadelphia, PA 

Walter Margie, MD 

Bethlehem, PA 

Dora Martinez-Armstrong, RN 

Philadelphia, PA 

Mark Mishkin, MD 

Philadelphia, PA 

Marvin Rosenthal, MD 

Easton, PA 

Michael Rusli, MD 

Hummelstown, PA 

Walter Tsou, MD, MPH 

Philadelphia, PA 

D. Sandra Whipple, MD 

Merion Station, PA 

RHODE ISLAND 

Polly Walker, MD, MPH 

Rumford, RI 

SOUTH CAROLINA 

Cynthia Schandl, MD, PhD 

Charleston, SC 

SOUTH DAKOTA 

John Whitney, MD 

Rapid City, SD 

TENNESSEE 

David Head, MD 

Nashville, TN 

Linda Head, RN 

Nashville, TN 

F. Menking, MD 

Nashville, TN 

Joan Mitchell, RN, MPH 

Hermitage, TN 

David N. Orth, MD 

Nashville, TN 

Dow Strader, MD 

Bristol, TN 

TEXAS 

John Calomeni, MD 

Lajitas, TX 

Miguel Fernandez, MD 

San Antonio, TX 

Ronald Fisher, MD 

Houston, TX 

Diane Graves, MPH 

Austin, TX 

Paul Mayer, MD 

Livingston, TX 

Lynnette Mazur, MD, MPH 

Houston, TX 

Celeste Monforton, DrPH, MPH 

San Marcos, TX 

Marian Morris, MD, MPH 

Austin, TX 

Arnold Schecter, MD, MPH 

Dallas, TX 

Carolina Young-Ortiz, MD 

Houston, TX 

UTAH 

Sherman Bloom, MD 

Salt Lake City, UT 

Cris Cowley, MD 

Cottonwood Heights, UT 

Dirk Davis, MD 

Logan, UT 

Richard Kanner, MD 

Salt Lake City, UT 

Brian Moench, MD 

Salt Lake City, UT 

Anthony Musci, MD 

Salt Lake City, UT 

Suzanne Stensaas, PhD 

Salt Lake City, UT 

VIRGINIA 

Laura Anderko, PhD, RN 

Annandale, VA 

Kenneth Ballew, MD 

Ivy, VA 

Virginia Barber, MD 

Crozet, VA 

Larry K. Heath, MD 

Broad Run, VA 

George Hoke, MD 

Charlottesville, VA 
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Irma Mahone, PhD, RN Mary Hutchison, NP Bruce Krawisz, MD 

Charlottesville, VA Seattle, WA Marshfield, WI 

Steve Kohl, MD Jed Maker, MD 

Marcia McDuffie, MD Brush Prairie, WA Milwaukee, WI 

Roseland, VA Jeffrey Paul LaGasse, MD Wanda Martinez, MD 

Mary Pi cardi, MD Freeland, WA Milwaukee, WI 

Virginia Beach, VA Ralph Myer, MD Dennis Ryan, MD 

Pellavi Sharma, MPH Seattle, WA La Crosse, WI 

Arlington, VA Tracy Ouellette, MD Richard Schmelzer, MD 

Surili Sutaria, MS Bow, WA Madison, WI 

Arlington, VA Robert Stagman, MD Peter Sigmann, MD 

David Williams, MD, PhD Mercer Island, WA Sturgeon Bay, WI 

Midlothian, VA WISCONSIN Joseph Thompson, MD 

WASHINGTON Robert Block, MD Tigerton, WI 

John Butler, MD Madison, WI Erika Voss, RN 

Lake Forest Park, WA Mary Canales, PhD Wauwatosa, WI 

Sari Lisa Davison, MD Eau Claire, WI WEST VIRGINIA 

Seattle, WA Derek Clevidence, MD Sarah Knox, PhD, MS 

Jerrold Eichner, MD Cottage Grove, WI Morgantown, WV 

Seattle, WA Theresa Guilbert, MD 

Howard Frumkin, MD, MPH * Madison, WI 

Seattle, WA 

* denotes convening signer 

This letter was compiled by the Union of Concerned Scientists on behalf of the signers. 

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