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Updated: Nov 21

The powerful sugar industry has spent years downplaying the health impacts of sugar and promoting the use of fluoride in public water supplies.

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In the news this week, Patti and Doug talk about a new warning on plastic pollution and children's health, how play sand in Australia has been found to be laced with asbestos, and the EPA's head-scratching approval of another PFAS pesticide ingredient. Then scientific researcher Chris Neurath talks about his work uncovering documents that show how the sugar industry manipulated science and worked secretly behind the scenes to support community fluoridation programs despite evidence of fluoride's neurotoxicity and links to other serious health impacts.  


The Sugar Scandal with Chris NeurathGreen Street with Patti & Doug Wood

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Chris Neurath's article published in PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41016930/


The Fluoride Action Network: https://fluoridealert.org/



The California court decision on fluoride in drinking water: https://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/2024.09.24-Opinion.pdf


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An EPA Committee issues warning about plastic and children's health:



The EPA is set to approve a brand new PFAS pesticide substance: https://www.thenewlede.org/2025/05/pfas-in-pesticide-epa/


Chris Neurath
Chris Neurath



 
 
 

The secret to raising healthy kids in a technological world.


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This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug talk about chemical lobbyists inside the EPA gutting regulations on PFAS, how the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has been ordered by the administration to quickly approve new nuclear power plants, and a new study showing that males are more impacted by exposure to some PFAS chemicals than females. Then Dr. Silvia Calbo Aroca talks about her new book, “Playing with the Invisible: The secrets to raising healthy kids in a world of technology.”

Green Street - The Invisible Threat with Dr. Silvia Aroca

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New study shows males are more sensitive to PFAS chemicals than females: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-07-chemicals-impact-male-brain.html


 
 
 

The nation's leading expert on environmental toxins talks about his work and recent study on glyphosate.

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This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug dedicate the entire program to their interview with the nation's leading expert on environmental toxins, Dr. Philip Landrigan. Over a career spanning decades, Dr. Landrigan has been out front on efforts to inform the public about the links between common environmental exposure and human health, including groundbreaking work on lead, asbestos, and pesticides. A pediatrician by training, Dr. Landrigan is currently the Director of the Program for Global Public Health and the Common Good, and Director of the Global Observatory on Planetary Health at the Schiller Institute for Integrated Science and Society at Boston College.

The Fight Over Toxic Chemicals - with Dr. Philip Landrigan

Links from the interview

Glyphosate study: "Carcinogenic effects of long-term exposure from prenatal life to glyphosate and glyphosate-based herbicides in Sprague-Dawley rats" https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40490737/



The Ramazzini Institute web page: https://www.collegiumramazzini.org/

Dr. Philip Landrigan
Dr. Philip Landrigan

 
 
 
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