Interview with CHE Partner, Sandra Miller Ross, PhD

Steve Heilig: What first brought you into the environmental health movement?

Learning about homeopathy after realizing that allopathic medicine could not help many conditions. Homeopathic philosophy immediately appealed to my sense of treating the individual and the cause, rather than giving a drug to masque symptoms. I became part of the resurrection of homeopathy, helping bring George Vithoulkas to the USA, becoming his assistant, and preparing some of his writings for publication.

What is the primary goal/mission of your organization/project?

Health & Habitat is the third foundation I have created. It encompasses my support for alternative health practices; mission to reduce toxins in our air, water, and food; and my passion to protect and preserve natural areas such as our land in Ecuador’s Amazon, as well as places closer to home here in Marin County, California.


What have been the most significant obstacles and successes you have encountered and achieved in this work to date?

Most significant obstacles to local projects have been political, so I got myself on two county commissions: Health Council of Marin and Integrated Pest Management Commission (of which I was a progenitor). Creation of the IPM Commission was/is a wonderful success.  Purchase of endangered rainforest and an eco-lodge in Amazonian Ecuador is probably the most exciting and unusual; taking school children down there is the most rewarding.  


What is the number one change you would like to see for the future of environmental health?

Honesty and transparency on all sides of presentation, discussion, and action – and genuine desire to reach sustainable conclusions.


What or who continues to inspire you in your work?

Dr. Theo Colborn has inspired me since our dear friend Linda Zidell introduced her and her seminal work to me; she continues to have my admiration and awe for her persistence, and for her savvy on how to bring industry to the table. More recently I have come to fully appreciate Michael Lerner, especially his work with CHE; I also thank him for coming to the realization that EMF/RF can be damaging.


Do you have any comments/suggestions regarding CHE itself?

Keep up the vitally important work and somehow get (honestly) elected representatives as well as leaders of industry to really hear, understand, and act in environmentally responsible ways, guided by the precautionary principle.

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Posted: 26 October 2006