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The War on Science - with Dr, Sandra Steingraber

  • Writer: Green Street Radio
    Green Street Radio

Grants are being cancelled, government scientists are being fired, university research centers are being de-funded, and scientists are leaving the country in record numbers.

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This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug talk about the plastic industry’s effort to re-classify pyrolysis (burning of plastic) as “manufacturing,” the environmental havoc caused by flame retardant chemicals used in forest fires, and the possibility that the old Indian Point nuclear power plant just north of New York City will be re-activated to meet the growing demand for power. Then PhD biologist Dr. Sanda Steingraber talks about the current war on science, and reminds us of all the achievements that have been made possible through government funding of research. 


The War on Science - with Dr. Sandra Steingraber

Links from the Interview

The website of the Science and Environmental Health Network: https://www.sehn.org/

Dr. Steingraber's Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/ssteingraber


Links from the News

Holtec International flotas the idea of re-opening the Indian Point nuclear plant: https://www.politico.com/news/2025/09/10/indian-point-owner-floats-restart-of-shuttered-nuclear-reactors-00552865


Firefighting chemicals wreak havoc on the environment: https://thenarwhal.ca/fire-retardant-wildfires-impact/


The plastic industry wants to re-classify pyrolysis at manufacturing. https://www.levernews.com/trump-clears-path-for-plastic-industrys-fake-recycling-fix/


 
 
 

Toxic Turf - with Barbara Laker and David Gambacorta

  • Writer: Green Street Radio
    Green Street Radio

Two investigative reporters from the Philadelphia Inquirer talk about what they found when they looked at the chemicals in artificial turf.

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This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug talk about firefighting gear that was supposed to be PFAS-free (but turned out not to be), hazardous mercury vapor emanating from school gymnasium floors, and how men, not women, are responsible for at least half of all fertility problems. Then, in an interview recorded a few years ago, reporters Barbara Laker and David Gambacorta from the Philadelphia Inquirer talk about what they discovered when they started looking at the chemicals in artificial turf fields. 

Green Street - Toxic Turf with Barbara Laker and David Gambacorta

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What Are We Doin"? (Music and lyrics by Doug Wood)

What Are We Doin'?

 
 
 

Hormone Trouble - with Dr. Tom Zoeller

  • Writer: Green Street Radio
    Green Street Radio

Updated: Aug 29

Chemicals in consumer products that mimic those in our endocrine system can have lifelong negative impacts.


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This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug talk about PFAS (forever chemicals) on artificial turf fields, Texas’s new court system for business cases backed by big oil, and the dramatic increase in the number of of plastic particles accumulating in your brain. Then Dr. Tom Zoeller, one of the nation's leading experts on endocrine disruption, talks about how these tiny chemicals impact our body and why the government seems unable (or unwilling) to take hormone-disrupting products off the shelf – products that can have serious, life-long impacts on both children and adults. 

Hormone Trouble with Dr. Tom Zoeller

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Links from the News

Kids playing on artificial turf get forever chemicals on their skin: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/mar/15/athletes-higher-pfas-levels-artificial-turf

Texas establishes new legal system for businesses, backed by oil and gas interests: https://www.levernews.com/justice-brought-to-you-by-big-oil/

Plastic in your brain has increased 50% in the last eight years: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/aug/21/microplastics-brain-pollution-health



 
 
 
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