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Farm Trouble - with Jennifer Fahy

  • Writer: Green Street Radio
    Green Street Radio

Small family farms are critical to our food supply and our health.


In the news this week, Patti and Doug talk about PFAS chemicals in firefighting turnout gear, health problems for kids who get cell phones before age 12, and how tattoo ink travels through the body causing trouble. Then Jennifer Fahy, communications director for Farm Aid, talks about the work of the organization and why protecting small family farms is more important than ever! 


Farm Trouble - with Jennifer FahyGreen Street with Patti & Doug Wood

Links from the Interview

The website of Farm Aid: https://www.farmaid.org/


Important issues for small farmers: https://www.farmaid.org/category/issues/


Links from the News


Kids who get cell phones early may be a nigher risk for health problems: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/children-smartphones-increased-risk-of-health-problems-study/


Study shows tattoo ink travels through your body: https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2510392122


Jennifer Fahy of Farm Aid
Jennifer Fahy of Farm Aid

 
 
 

Plastic in Our Water - with Dr. Christy Tyler

  • Writer: Green Street Radio
    Green Street Radio

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 sources of plastic pollution that end up in our water. 


Plastic in Our Water - with Dr. Christy Tyler

Links from the Interview

Dr. Tyler's page on the RIT website: https://www.rit.edu/directory/actsbi-christy-tyler


The Tyler Aquatic Ecology Lab at RIT: https://christytyler.weebly.com/


Links from the News




Dr. Christy Tyler
Dr. Christy Tyler

 
 
 

The Environmental Links to Breast Cancer

  • Writer: Green Street Radio
    Green Street Radio

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 found in everyday consumer products and increased risk of breast cancer. 


Green Street - The Environmental Links to Breast Cancer

Links from the Interview

The website of the Silent Spring Institute: https://silentspring.org/


Links from the News

Fish farming has a plastic problem: https://www.ehn.org/plastic-in-farmed-fish






 
 
 
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