About the Authors
- Maricel V. Maffini
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* E-mail: drmvma@gmail.com
Affiliation Independent consultant, Germantown, Maryland, United States of America
- Thomas G. Neltner
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Affiliation Environmental Defense Fund, Washington DC, United States of America
- Sarah Vogel
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Affiliation Environmental Defense Fund, Washington DC, United States of America
Competing Interests
MVM is a paid consultant for Environmental Defense Fund. MVM and TGN authored the food additive petition to FDA asking the agency to revoke the approvals of perchlorate’s uses. The Environmental Defense Fund is a party in challenging FDA’s 2017 ruling on continuing uses of perchlorate in dry food packaging and handling equipment.