The Blue Light Special with Joshua Rosenthal, MD

Most of us have probably been awake in the night and decided to do a little work on our laptops or check our phones for messages, tweets or posts. So we turn on our computers or our phones, and suddenly we are bathed in a soft blue light.

Blue light is a natural part of the light spectrum, and combined with other parts of the spectrum it helps us see and appreciate the world around us. But all by itself, it might be having a harmful impact.

On this edition of Green Street we talk about blue light and its possible impacts on human health with Dr. Joshua Rosenthal, ENT-otolaryngologist based in Huntington, New York. He is board certified in sleep medicine, and his website is joshuarosenthalmd.com.

1,4-dioxane with Adrienne Esposito

Water is essential to life. You can live for a while without food, but not without water. Your body is about 60 to 70% water, and every cell in your body needs it to function.  And it can’t be just any water. It needs to be clean water, free from contaminants and pathogens and chemicals that can do more harm than good.

On this edition of Green Street we talk about a chemical compound called 1,4-dioxane which has found its way into the water supplies of hundreds of millions of Americans, and our guest is Adrienne Esposito, the Executive Director of Citizens Campaign for the Environment.

Patti Wood talks about kids and how to keep them healthy

Patti is the recipient of the EPA’s prestigious Children’s Environmental Health Excellence Award, and the author of Helping To Heal, a book for the parents of children with life-threatening illnesses.

In this podcast she talks about what parents can do to help kids thrive, from preparing and eating healthy foods to making a home environment that is free from toxins.

Learn more about the book.