Speaker profile
Richard A. Denison
Richard A. Denison, Ph.D., has 35 years of experience in the environmental arena, specializing in policy, hazard and risk science and policy for industrial and consumer chemicals. For many years Richard played a central role in pressing for reform of the Toxic Substances Control Act and represented EDF in its advocacy work to secure passage in 2016 of the Lautenberg Act that overhauled TSCA for the first time since its passage in 1976. He now leads EDF’s team working to secure strong implementation of the Lautenberg Act.
Richard has testified before various Congressional committees on these matters, and served on several panels of the National Academy of Sciences. Richard is a frequent contributor to EDFHealth’s blog, where he posts both commentary and detailed analyses of the emerging science and policies affecting chemicals and nanomaterials in the U.S. and internationally.
Richard holds a Ph.D. in Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry from Yale University.