The quote is from the article, which is an interview with someone who's an expert on this but who is not one of the FDA officials who made the final decision. The interview includes both questions about the FDA's action, and questions about the expert's own personal opinion. The quote you replied to is an answer to a question asking for the expert's own personal opinion.

It's also not a very long article, and you could have read it to find this out for yourself instead of jumping to conclusions.

Humans are a part of the environment.