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Alexa S. Dietrich is the research director of the Center for Science & Democracy at the Union of Concerned Scientists. An interdisciplinary environmental and public health scientist, she previously led the development of interdisciplinary research programs at the Social Science Research Council and the US Environmental Protection Agency. Her book The Drug Company Next Door: Pollution, Jobs, and Community Health in Puerto Rico (NYU Press) won the Julian Steward Award for the best book in environmental anthropology in 2015.