School is a child's second home, but the products used in and around schools can contain an array of chemicals known to be harmful to kids. This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug talk about the Trump administration blocking wind power projects, harmful chemicals found in baby mattresses, and how the EPA has disbanded the department to study nitrates in drinking water. Then in Part One of a two-part series, we focus on environmental exposures in schools, addressing toxic cl

The sugar industry has spent years downplaying the health impacts of sugar and promoting the use of fluoride in public water supplies, despite clear evidence of its potential harm, especially for kids. In the news this week, Patti and Doug talk about a new warning on plastic pollution and children's health, how play sand in Australia has been found to be laced with asbestos, and the EPA's head-scratching approval of another PFAS pesticide ingredient. Then scientific research

What if the real solution for reducing the risk of breast cancer was eliminating the chemicals in our environment that have been linked to the development of the disease? This week, in a special edition of Green Street, Patti and Doug talk briefly about President Trump’s angry dismissal of climate change science. Then Nancy Buermeyer and Laura Gillan from the non-profit Breast Cancer Prevention Partners talk about the organization's many efforts to raise awareness of the role