Scientists around the world are trying to figure out what to do with our plastic problem and what it means for our future. This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug talk about why recycled plastic contains more toxins than virgin plastic, how government energy positions are increasingly filled with former oil execs, and the first discovery of mosquitoes in Iceland. Then Dr. Christy Tyler, professor at the Rochester Institute of Technology talks about her work uncovering the s

There's a revolution happening at the nexus of food and medicine. This week on Green Street Patti and Doug talk about the EPA’s decision to exempt 50 of the country's most toxic chemical manufacturing plants from meeting air emission guidelines, and the growing threat of a flesh-eating bacteria moving up the Eastern US coastline due to climate change. Then Katie Welch, Executive Director of the Teaching Kitchen Collaborative, talks about the organization’s leading role in the

Two scientists from the Silent Spring Institute talk about their quest to find which chemicals in consumer products are increasing the risk for breast cancer. This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug talk about the amount of plastic being fed to farmed fish, and how big banks are financing the destruction of the forests in the Amazon. Then Dr. Robin Dodson and Dr. Kristin Knox from the Silent Spring Institute talk about their work uncovering the links between the chemicals f