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Targeting Kids with Food Ads - with Dr. DeAnna Nara

  • Writer: Green Street Radio
    Green Street Radio

Food marketers are zeroing in on our kids with ads for food that will make them sick.

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This week on Green Street Patti and Doug talk about New York’s plastic packaging reduction bill, how fish in rivers and lakes in Michigan are not fit for consumption, and how the new generation of “quasi-ceramic” pans may contain toxic chemicals. Then Dr. DeAnna Nara of the Center for Science in the Public Interest talks about food marketing and how kids are being targeted from all directions with ads for unhealthy food. 

Targeting Kids With Food Ads - with Dr. DeAnna Nara

Links from the Interview:

Center for Science in the Public Interest: https://www.cspinet.org/


Links from the News Learn about New York State's Plastic Packaging Reduction bill: https://www.beyondplastics.org/press-releases/ny-packaging-passes-senate-2025#


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Plastic Fashion: Not So Pretty - with Alden Wicker

  • Writer: Green Street Radio
    Green Street Radio

Updated: Jun 13

Plastic clothing is not only a worldwide pollution problem but a human health threat as well.

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This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug talk about our rapidly deteriorating oceans, how data centers are providing heat for homes in Norway, and a new study about toxic chemicals in plumbing fixtures including shower heads. Then award-winning author Alden Wicker talks about fast fashion, and how plastic clothing is not only a worldwide pollution problem but a health problem as well. 

Plastic Fashion: Not So Pretty - with Alden Wicker

Links from the Interview

To Dye For - How Toxic Fashion Is Making Us Sick–and How We Can Fight Back https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/705645/to-dye-for-by-alden-wicker/

Alden Wicker's website: https://www.aldenwicker.com/


Links from the News

Scientists call for urgent ocean protections as warming seas threaten ecosystems: https://insideclimatenews.org/news/04062025/one-ocean-science-congress-destructive-industrial-fishing/


Here are the brands of plumbing fixtures you might want to avoid: Vesla, Kzh, Nictie, Hgn, Kicimpro. Vfauosit. Qomolangma

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People, Plastic and Climate Change - with Rick Smith

  • Writer: Green Street Radio
    Green Street Radio

Updated: Jun 13

Author, biologist, environmentalist, and political activist Rick Smith talks about the two biggest environmental threats of our generation.

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This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug talk about the FDA’s continuing failure to regulate toxic chemicals, how a group of mothers are suing manufacturers of plastic food containers, and how the Trump administration is rolling back drinking water standards for certain PFAS chemicals. Then Rick Smith, author of "Slow Death by Rubber Duck" and President of the Canadian Climate Institute, talks about the dual crises of climate change and plastic pollution as a human health hazard. 



Links from the Interview

The Canadian Climate Institute: https://climateinstitute.ca/ Rick's bio and links to recent blogs: https://climateinstitute.ca/people/rick-smith/


Links from the News

FDA reform — not just narrow ingredient bans — is needed to make America healthier: https://www.ehn.org/fda-gras-loophole-opinion


 
 
 
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