Radiation in our Food Supply with Cindy Folkers

Most Americans trust that the government is watching over the food supply, and if there was anything to worry about, the government would take care of it.

On this edition of Green Street we talk about how our food supply has become contaminated with radiation, and why the government isn’t doing it’s job to inform or protect people.

Join us as we interview Cindy Folkers, a radiation and health specialist with Beyond Nuclear.

For more info:  Visit the web site of the Beyond Nuclear

Arsenic In Your Rice with Dr. Keeve Nachman

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“The more we learn about arsenic’s effects on the developing brain, the more concerned I am by these levels of arsenic being found in infant and toddler rice cereal,” says Dr. Keeve Nachman, Ph.D., a risk scientist at the Center for a Livable Future in the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg.

For more info: Center for a Livable Future

Soda Wars with Dr. Susan Rubin

New York’s Mayor Michael Bloomberg created yet another food controversy by proposing to ban the sale of sugary sweet drinks over 16 ounces.

Of course, health professionals have known for years that soda not only contributes to the epidemic of obesity, but undermines good health in many other ways as well.

On this edition of Green Street, Patti and Doug welcome health expert, teacher, author and school food crusader, Dr. Susan Rubin. A holistic health practitioner, Dr. Rubin is also an unapologetic critic of today’s food industry, and her views on soda and other scourges of the American diet may have you cleaning out the food pantry!