Lead: The Pernicious Poison - with Tamara Rubin

Years ago, "Lead Safe Mama" Tamara Rubin's family was poisoned by lead. Now she's on a campaign to make sure every parent knows about the presence of lead in consumer products and food.

This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug talk about how big oil is interfering with climate change research at universities around the world, PFAS in firefighting gear, and the disturbing amount of single-use plastic used in modern agriculture. Then “Lead Safe Mama” Tamara Rubin tells about her experience with lead poisoning in her family, and how it drove her to start testing all kinds of products and food for the presence of toxic lead. Every parent needs to hear this!

Green Street - Lead: the Pernicious Poison

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Links from the Interview

Tamara Rubin's website: https://tamararubin.com/

Links from the News

Big oil is funding universities around the world to slow down research on climate change: https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/sep/05/universities-fossil-fuel-funding-green-energy

Two states are banning PFAS in firefighting gear: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/aug/23/pfas-firefighter-gear-ban-massachusetts-connecticut

Microplastic contamination in modern agriculture: https://india.mongabay.com/2024/09/agriculture-has-a-plastic-problem-and-its-threatening-the-future-of-food/

Feeding Baby (and yourself) - with Jackie Bowen

Are you aware of the amount of plastic that people unknowingly ingest each day?

This week on Grassroots, Patti & Doug discuss plastic pollution from artificial turf fields and the discovery of TFA "forever" chemicals in drinking water everywhere in the world. Then food engineer Jackie Bowen, Executive Director of the Clean Label Project, talks about chemical toxins in baby food and what we can do about it. More information at www.CleanLabelProject.org

Green Street - Feeding Baby (and yourself)

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Links from the interview:

• Clean Label Project:https://cleanlabelproject.org/

• People could be eating a credit card worth of plastic each week:https://www.plasticpollutioncoalition.org/resource-library/people-could-be-eating-a-credit-card-of-plastic-a-week#:~:text=A%20study%20finds%20that%20people,on%20plastic%20ingestion%20by%20people.

Links from the news:

• Rapidly rising levels of TFA alarm experts:https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/may/01/rapidly-rising-levels-of-tfa-forever-chemical-alarm-experts

• Conservation work is making a measurable difference:https://www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2024/05/first-ever-planet-wide-analysis-shows-conservation-work-is-making-a-measurable-difference/

The Battle Over Food with Michael Hansen

Food is big business, and that means profits often take priority over safety. On this edition of Green Street Doug ad Patti talk with Consumer Reports Senior Scientist Michael Hansen about pesticides, antibiotics and other issue related to food safety.

Interview Starts: 14:54