David O. Carpenter MD
Public Health Physician and Researcher
USA
David O. Carpenter is a public health physician and Director of the Institute for Health and the Environment, a Collaborating Centre of the World Health Organization, at the University at Albany.
After receiving his MD degree from Harvard Medical School he chose a career of research and public health. Dr. Carpenter’ research was initially basic neuroscience, and since has become the more general question of environmental causes of human disease, both those directly caused by chemical exposure and those mediated via endocrine disruption. He has more than 500 peer-reviewed scientific publications and has edited six books.
His involvement in issues related to electromagnetic fields (EMFs) dates from his arrival in Albany, NY in 1980 when he was given responsibility for the administration of the New York State Powerline Project, a 5 million dollar study of biological and health effects of EMFs. This project confirmed elevations in rates of childhood leukemia in children living in homes with elevated magnetic fields. After the program was completed Dr. Carpenter served as the spokesperson on EMFs for New York State until he left employment in the Department of Health and moved to the University at Albany.
He has continued to be involved in EMF issues, having testified to the US Congress and the President’s Cancer Panel. He was one of the plaintiffs in the recent challenge to the FCC and has published extensively on the issue.