The Fight Over Toxic Chemicals - with Dr. Philip Landrigan

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

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

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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/

Dr. Landrigan's page at Boston College: https://www.bc.edu/bc-web/schools/morrissey/departments/biology/people/faculty-directory/Phil-Landrigan.html

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

Dr. Philip Landrigan

Targeting Kids with Food Ads - with Dr. DeAnna Nara

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

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

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Links from the Interview:

Dr. Nara's biography: https://www.cspinet.org/biography/deanna-nara

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#

Don't East the Fish in Michigan: https://www.mlive.com/environment/2025/06/michigan-triples-waters-with-do-not-eat-warning-for-pfas-in-fish.html

What's On Your Stove? https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/jun/09/ceramic-nontoxic-cookware

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The Politics of Food - with Dr. Marion Nestle

Why does our government allow food companies to push unhealthy food, and what can we do about it?

This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug talk about startup companies pushing recycling of spent nuclear fuel to power next generation power plants, and the Supreme Court's decision to allow giant multinational mining companies to take over sacred land belonging to Apache tribes. Then nutritionist and author Dr. Marion Nestle talks about our food supply, what's wrong with it, and how campaign reform is absolutely required if we're ever going to fix it. 

The Politics of Food with Dr. Marion Nestle

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Links from the Interview

Marion Nestle's blog: https://www.foodpolitics.com/

Links from the News

Startup companies are pushing to recycle spent nuclear fuel: https://e360.yale.edu/features/nuclear-waste-recycling

Supreme Court OK's big mining operations on sacred Apache land:

https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-arizona-oak-flat-copper-mining-apache-64bb0d7c2bbf544f707ce3a421b67209

A Global Conference on the Oceans: https://apnews.com/article/un-world-oceans-conference-climate-pollution-seas-6969234ea689e92784e1b3662d6191e4