Dr. Julia Brody is Senior Scientist and Executive Director Emeritus at Silent Spring Institute, a scientific research organization that studies environmental chemicals and breast cancer. She is the author of several major reviews of epidemiological studies of environmental chemicals and breast cancer. Her current research focuses on reporting back to people in environmental health studies on their own chemical exposures and how to reduce their risks. Her interest in returning exposure results grew out of the Cape Cod Breast Cancer and Environment Study, an investigation of higher incidence in the region. The study tested for 87 endocrine disrupting compounds in participants’ homes and was the first to reveal that consumer products and indoor environments are a major source of exposure. Dr. Brody earned her Ph.D. at the University of Texas at Austin.