Bruce Lanphear
For over three decades, I’ve been on a mission to uncover the silent dangers lurking in our environment—lead, air pollution, fluoride, pesticides—and their profound impact on human health. As a preventive medicine physician and professor at Simon Fraser University, my research and advocacy have shaped federal policies and helped raise awareness that no level of exposure to toxic chemicals is safe.
I’ve served as a science advisor for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Centers for Disease Control, Health Canada, and the American Academy of Pediatrics, and I have testified before both the U.S. Congress and the Canadian House of Commons to push for stronger protections against toxic exposures. I’ve also served as an unpaid expert witness in legal cases, advocating for communities poisoned by lead and in a federal fluoride trial.
I co-founded Little Things Matter, a science communication platform dedicated to translating complex research into compelling, accessible content—because knowledge is power, and prevention starts with the recognition that most disease is man-made.
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