Public health advocate

Lead

Pesticides

Asbestos

"Almost no data exist on the possible long-term consequences of low level asbestos in early childhood. Causes of malignant mesothelioma have, however, been reported in the grown children of asbestos workers who were exposed to take-home asbestos; among non-working women in the asbestos mining townships of Quebec who were exposed in the community; and among long term residents of a community near an asbestos-cement plant in Northern Italy."

Education

Military service

• Chairman, Department of Community and Preventative Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, 1990-present
• Professor of Pediatrics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, 1985-Present.
• Former Director, Division of Environmental and Occupational Medicine, Department of Community and Preventive Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine,1985-1990.
• Former Senior Advisor to the Administrator on Children's Health and the Environment, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1997-1998
• Former Director, Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations and Field Studies, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 1979-1985.
• Former Chief, Environmental Hazards Activity, Bureau of Epidemiology, Centers for Disease Control, 1974-1979.
• Former Director, Research and Development, Bureau of Smallpox Eradication, Centers for Disease Control, 1973-1974
• Former Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) Officer, Centers for Disease Control, 1970-1973.

• Clinical Professor of Environmental Health, University of Washington School of Public Health and Community Medicine, 1983 - Present.
• Visiting Lecturer on Preventive Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology, Harvard Medical School, 1982 - Present.
• Visiting Lecturer on Occupational Health, Harvard School of Public Health, 1981 - Present.
• Former Assistant Clinical Professor of Environmental Health, University of Cincinnati, Department of Environmental Health, College of Medicine, 1981 - 1986.
• Past Visiting Fellow, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, TUC Institute of Occupational Health, 1976 - 1977.
• Former Clinical Instructor in Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, 1969 - 1970.

• 2008 Boston College Alumni Award for Professional Excellence
• 2008 Irving J. Selikoff Award, Collegium Ramazzini
• 2008 Healthy Schools Hero Award, Healthy Schools Network, Inc.
• 2008 Edith Macy Award for Distinguished Service, Westchester Children’s Association
• 2006 Lifetime Achievement Award, Children's Health Environmental Coalition
• 2006 Child Health Champion Award, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• 2005 Humanities Award for Children's Health Protection, Huntington Breast Cancer Action Coalition
• 2005 Rachel Carson Environmental Award, [[Natural Products Association|

National Nutritional Foods Association]]

• 2005 Super Hero Award for Children's Health, Federated Conservationists of Westchester County
• 2005 Health Achievement in Occupational Medicine Award, American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• 2005 J. Lester Gabrilove Award, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
• 2003 David P. Rall Award for Advocacy in Public Health, American Public Health Association
• 2003 Jorma Rantanen Award, Finnish Institute for Occupational Health
• 2002 Haven Emerson Award, Public Health Association of New York City
• 2002 James Keogh Award, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• 2002 Jacobi Medallion, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
• 2001 - 2006 Top Doctor. Preventive Medicine. New York Metropolitan Area and United States, Castle Connolly Ltd
• 2000 William Steiger Memorial Award, American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists
• 1999 Earth Day New York, Award for Excellence in Environmental Medicine
• 1999 Award for Advocacy on Behalf of the Health of Children, Mothers & Others for a Livable Planet
• 1999 Katherine Boucot Sturgis Award, American College of Preventive Medicine
• 1998 Vernon Houk Award, International Society for Occupational and Environmental Health
• 1998 Environmental Achievement Award, New Jersey Environmental Federation Certificate of Recognition
• 1996 Broad Street Pump Award in Environmental Health, Physicians for Social Responsibility
• 1995 Occupational Health and Safety Award, International Association of Fire Fighters
• 1995 Herbert L. Needleman Medal and Award for Scientific Contributions and Advocacy on Behalf of Children, American Public Health Association
• 1995 William Sidell Presidential Award, United Brotherhood of Carpenters
• 1993 Harriet Hardy Award, New England College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• 1987 Elected to membership, Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences
• 1985 Annual Honoree, New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health
• 1985 Meritorious Service Medal, United States Public Health Service
• 1978 Group Citation as Member of Beryllium Review Panel, United States Public Health Service
• 1976 Career Development Award, United States Public Health Service
• 1973 Volunteer Award, United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare

• Landrigan PJ, Selikoff IJ (editors). Occupational Health in the 1990's: Developing a Platform for Disease Prevention. Annals NY Academy of Sciences: 572 1-296, 1989. ISBN 0897665236
• Landrigan PJ. (Chair): Environmental Neurotoxicology. Commission on Life Sciences, National Research Council. Washington: National Academy Press, 1992. ISBN 0309045312
• Landrigan PJ (Chair): Pesticides in the Diets of Infants and Children. Committee on Pesticides in the Diets of Infants and Children. Board on Agriculture, and Commission on Life Sciences. National Research Council. Washington: National Academy Press, 1993. ISBN 0309048753
• Landrigan PJ, Needleman HL: Raising Children Toxic Free. How to Keep Your Child Safe From Lead, Asbestos, Pesticides and Other Environmental Hazards. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1994. ISBN 0380725770
• Leigh JP, Markowitz S, Fahs M, Landrigan P: Costs of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, 2000. ISBN 0472110810
• Landrigan PJ, Needleman HL, Landrigan M. Raising Healthy Children in a Toxic World: 101 Smart Solutions for Every Family. Emmaus PA: Rodale Press, 2002. # ISBN 087596947X
• Mehlman MA, Bingham E, Landrigan PJ, Soffritti M, Belpoggi F, Melnick RL. Carcinogenesis Bioassays and Protecting Public Health. Commemorating the lifework of Cesare Maltoni and colleagues. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences (Vol. 982), New York, NY. GYAT/B-M Press, 2002. ISBN 1573314064