Preventing Breast Cancer - with Breast Cancer Prevention Partners

What if the real solution for reducing the risk of breast cancer was eliminating the chemicals in our environment that have been linked to the development of the disease?

This week, in a special edition of Green Street, Patti and Doug talk briefly about President Trump’s angry dismissal of climate change science. Then Nancy Buermeyer and Laura Gillan from the non-profit Breast Cancer Prevention Partners talk about the organization's many efforts to raise awareness of the role toxins in our everyday lives play in the development of breast cancer, and what people can do to support their mission. Please share widely with friends and family. 

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Links from the Interview

• The website of Breast Cancer Prevention Partners: https://www.bcpp.org/

• Food Packaging: https://www.bcpp.org/take-action/no-toxics-in-food-packaging-2026/

• Safer Beauty Bill Package: https://www.bcpp.org/take-action/tell-congress-we-need-safer-beauty-for-all/

Links from the News

• President Trump lashes out at climate science: https://insideclimatenews.org/news/20072026/trump-national-academies-climate-manual/

Dismantling the EPA - with Dr. Kyla Bennett

The Trump administration is doing everything in its power to break the EPA. Will the agency survive?

This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug talk about the rise of anti-bacterial resistance due to climate change, and the EPA’s latest attempt to weaken drinking water standards for PFAS chemicals. Then former EPA scientist Dr. Kyla Bennett, senior scientist at Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, discusses how the critical EPA programs that were designed to protect human health and the environment are at risk under the current administration and how the loss of EPA scientists and policy experts could spell real trouble for us now and in the future. 

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Links from the Interview

• The website for Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) - https://peer.org/

Links from the News

• Antibiotics resistance is on the rise from climate change: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/may/26/climate-crisis-accelerating-antibiotic-resistance-across-world-salmonella-study

• The Trump administration is doing away with PFAS limits in drinking water: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/26/trump-administration-pfas-drinking-water-regulation

Dr. Kyla Bennett

RoundUp at the Supreme Court - with Jay Feldman

Does a pesticide manufacturer have an obligation to warn consumers about the potential hazards of using its product? The Supreme Court will decide.

This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug talk about the severe environmental impact mining for rare earth minerals has on local populations, and how living near cell towers increases your risk of developing cancer. Then Jay Feldman, Executive Director of non-profit Beyond Pesticides, talks about the Supreme Court case involving the popular pesticide RoundUp, and whether or not states can require the manufacturer to include a warning to consumers about the product’s toxicity. 

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Links from the Interview

• The website of Beyond Pesticides: https://www.beyondpesticides.org/

• Listen to the "play-by-play" of the Supreme Court argument: https://www.beyondpesticides.org/resources/failure-to-warn/us-supreme-court%E2%80%94monsanto-v-durnell

Links from the News

• Critical minerals are the "oil of the 21st Century" - https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/apr/29/critical-minerals-are-oil-of-21st-century-as-demand-fuels-poverty-and-pollution-in-poorer-countries

• Living close to a cell antenna is harmful to your health: https://www.ehn.org/cell-tower-radiation-health-effects

Jay Feldman, Executive Director of Beyond Pesticides