Samuel Seymour Epstein (April 13, 1926[1] – March 18, 2018)[2] was a physician and, at the time of his death, professor emeritus of environmental and occupational health at the School of Public Health of the University of Illinois at Chicago.
[4] His papers are held at the National Library of Medicine in Bethesda, Maryland.
For ten years, he held a position at the Children's Cancer Research Foundation and Harvard University.
[6] In addition to 270 scientific articles, he published 12 books, and was active in publicizing claims on the carcinogenic properties of chlordane pesticides,[7] growth hormones in milk,[8] nitrosamines in bacon,[9] saccharin,[10] beverage preservatives,[11] and other food additives.
[12] His work drew criticism from the U. S. Food and Drug Administration, which claimed that his book The Safe Shopper's Bible misleads consumers by labeling safe products as carcinogenic.