Dr. Renee Joy Dufault
Dr. Renee Dufault served in the U.S. Navy as an Industrial Hygiene Officer and in the Public Health Service as an Environmental Health Officer. During her 16-year public health career, she worked at the National Institutes of Health, Environmental Protection Agency, Shoshone-Paiute Tribes and the Food and Drug Administration where she provided expertise in the areas of toxicology, environmental health and industrial hygiene. She retired early from the uniformed service after 20 years in 2008, to publish her findings of mercury in high fructose corn syrup and continue her research with collaborators on the role toxic food ingredients play in the development of disease conditions. Her research team's 2012 article on the gene-environment interactions likely responsible for the autism epidemic was published in the journal Clinical Epigenetics. Her 2017 book, “Unsafe at Any Meal: What the FDA Does Not Want You to Know About the Foods You Eat,” is available on Amazon.
