the "birther issue," pointing out that in her previous published work on autism and other child development issues, no mention was made of vaccines. When asked about vaccines by Jacobin editor Bhaskar Sunkara, Stein responded: "One of the issues I used to work on was reducing mercury exposure. That was an issue at one point in vaccines. That's been rectified," adding, "there are issues about mercury in the fish supply that many low-income people and immigrant communities rely on, and in indigenous communities especially. This is a huge issue and the FDA has refused for decades to regulate and to warn people." In an October 21, 2016, interview, producer Bec Gill with the ScIQ YouTube channel asked Stein: "You talk extensively on your concern about corporate influence over U.S. vaccine regulations. My question is, what evidence do you have that corporate influence has caused either the FDA or the CDC to make decisions that endanger American children's health?" Stein offered as evidence Vioxx and Monsanto. Whistleblowers In her acceptance speech for the Green Party nomination, she called for "end[ing] the war on whistleblowers, and free[ing] the political prisoners ... Leonard Peltier, Mumia Abu Jamal, Chelsea Manning, Julian Assange, Edward Snowden, Jeffrey Sterling, and Edward Pinkney". She said that she would have Snowden in her Cabinet if elected. In an op-ed on the subject of WikiLeaks, Stein argued that Assange was doing what other journalists should be doing but are not, and added that whistleblowers have been increasingly subject to "character assassination" and prosecution during the Obama administration. Personal life Stein is married to Richard Rohrer, who is also a physician. They live in Lexington, Massachusetts, and have two sons. References External links 1950 births Living people 20th-century American physicians 20th-century American women physicians 21st-century American non-fiction writers 21st-century American politicians 21st-century American physicians 21st-century American women politicians 21st-century American women writers 21st-century American women physicians Candidates in the 2012 United States presidential election Candidates in the 2016 United States presidential election American anti-war activists American agnostics American conservationists American feminists American people of Russian-Jewish descent American women environmentalists American women non-fiction writers Candidates in the 2002 United States elections Candidates in the 2004 United States elections Candidates in the 2006 United States elections Candidates in the 2010 United States elections American community activists Female candidates for President of the United States Green Party of the United States presidential nominees Harvard