Hormone Disruption with Dr. Laura Vandenberg

A wide range of consumer products contain chemicals that can play havoc with human development.

This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug talk about America’s brain drain of scientists as the administration eliminates grants and guts federal health agencies, and how big agrochemical companies are seeking immunity from all liability for their toxic products. Then UMass professor Dr. Laura Vandenberg provides an overview of endocrine disrupting chemicals, their ubiquity in our culture, and how they can disrupt normal growth during critical periods of human development, including pregnancy.

Hormone Distruption with Dr. Laura Vandenberg

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Links from the Interview

Dr. Vandenberg's page at the UMASS School of Public Health and Health Sciences: https://www.umass.edu/public-health-sciences/about/directory/laura-vandenberg

Links from the News

Bayer and other agro-chemical companies want Congress to give them immunity from lawsuits: https://civileats.com/2025/04/08/bayers-effort-to-block-roundup-lawsuits-kicks-into-high-gear/

France and the European Union are rolling out the welcome mat for scientists fired by DOGE. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/04/france-eu-us-based-scientists-come-to-europe-emmanuel-macron-ursula-von-der-leyen

Kids, Tech, and Health with Dr. Cindy Russell, M.D.

The radiation from wireless devices can be harmful, especially for kids.

This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug talk about the health impact of higher temperatures and rising humidity from climate change, President Trump's elimination of research on firefighters and cancer, and the relationship between wireless radiation exposure and lower fertility. Then Dr. Cindy Russell, Executive Director of Physicians for Safe Technology, talks about kids and cell phones, why cell phone bans at schools are a good thing, and the proven health impacts of near-constant exposure to radiation from all wireless devices. 

Kids, Tech, and Health with Dr. Cindy Russell

29:00

Links from the Interview

Physicians for Safe Technology: https://mdsafetech.org/

PST page on technology in schools: https://mdsafetech.org/2023/08/03/medical-association-adopts-recommendations-for-best-practices-for-safe-technology-in-schools/

Links from the News

How does the body respond to high temperatures? https://hsph.harvard.edu/news/how-does-the-body-respond-to-dangerous-heat/

President Trump has cut funding to investigate firefighters and high level of cancer: https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-cuts-firefighter-deaths

How cell phone radiation can reduce fertility: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4074720/

The BabySafe Show - with Patti Wood

Science supports keeping your wireless devices away from your developing baby.

This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug talk about states are finally prohibiting PFAS in all products, how polluting companies can be excused from clean air regulations by emailing the EPA, and how big banks are quietly advising clients that the world will fail to meet climate goals, and they should invest in air conditioning! Then Patti talks about the development of the BabySafe Project, which encourages pregnant women to keep their cell phones and other wireless devices away from their developing baby. More information on the show website, www.GreenStreetNews.org. 

Green Street - The BabySafe Show

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Links from the Interview

The BabySafe Project: https://www.babysafeproject.org/

Links from the News

New Mexico bans PFAS from consumer goods: https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/5218010-new-mexico-ban-pfas-products-bills/

EPA sets up email address for presidential exemptions: https://www.eenews.net/articles/want-a-clean-air-act-exemption-just-email-epa/

Banks warn investors about climate change: https://www.preventionweb.net/news/big-banks-quietly-prepare-catastrophic-warming