Marvin Legator (deceased)

Region: Coastal Plain

Topics: Public Health, Chemicals, Hazardous waste, Toxicology, Education
 

Dr. Legator was a toxicologist and professor of Preventive Medicine and Community Health at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, and earlier served as chief of the genetic toxicology branch of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. He was a critic of the weaknesses in the toxicological testing, risk assessment and epidemiological review of many commonly used and discharged chemicals. Dr. Legator was an author of Chemical Alert! and the Health Detectives Handbook, and worked in other ways to testify for, consult with and assist those affected by environmental releases of toxic chemicals.

Interviewed

October 23, 2003
Galveston, Texas
Reels 2283 and 2284