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Drs. Louis and Elizabeth Guillette

Dr. Louis J. Guillette, PhD
Medical University of South Carolina, University of Florida, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Dr. Louis Guillette was both a professor of obstetrics and gynecology, and a marine biologist. He is famed for studying the effects of chemical pollution on the reproductive systems and behaviours of alligators living in previously polluted Lake Apopka, Florida vs alligators in less tainted areas. He identified these alligators as a sentinel species, and researched the implications they may have for human reproductive biology and behaviours.

Dr. Elizabeth Guillette, PhD 
Associate Professor/Researcher of Anthropology at University of Florida

Louis' wife Elizabeth "Buzzy" Guillette, PhD and associate professor at University of Florida, is best known for her Yaqui Valley children studies. She capitalized on a natural experiment when part of an indigenous group moved away from the Yaqui Valley to the foothills to avoid chemical sprays used on the crops in the valley. Elizabeth found troubling differences in the second generation children in the valley that are worth noting today. This is a landmark study that is taught in environmental studies at universities.

Here is a showcase of a few researchers who have studied endocrine disruption and other effects of environmental toxins including gender alteration.

Dr. Louis Guillette, PhD

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Medical University of South Carolina
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Doctorate in Comparative Reproductive Biology
Endowed Chair in Marine Genomics
Professor Howard Hughes Medical Institute
University of Florida Distinguished Professor of Zoology and Associate Dean for Research

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Below is a summary of Dr. Warren Porter's list of EPA Omissions in the Safety Registration Process

In other words, these are all the areas that they do NOT test before approving a new chemical.