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Plastic Fashion: Not So Pretty - with Alden Wicker

  • Writer: Green Street Radio
    Green Street Radio

Updated: Jun 13, 2025

Plastic clothing is not only a worldwide pollution problem but a human health threat as well.

This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug talk about our rapidly deteriorating oceans, how data centers are providing heat for homes in Norway, and a new study about toxic chemicals in plumbing fixtures including shower heads. Then award-winning author Alden Wicker talks about fast fashion, and how plastic clothing is not only a worldwide pollution problem but a health problem as well. 

Plastic Fashion: Not So Pretty - with Alden Wicker

Links from the Interview

To Dye For - How Toxic Fashion Is Making Us Sick–and How We Can Fight Back https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/705645/to-dye-for-by-alden-wicker/

Alden Wicker's website: https://www.aldenwicker.com/


Links from the News

Scientists call for urgent ocean protections as warming seas threaten ecosystems: https://insideclimatenews.org/news/04062025/one-ocean-science-congress-destructive-industrial-fishing/


Here are the brands of plumbing fixtures you might want to avoid: Vesla, Kzh, Nictie, Hgn, Kicimpro. Vfauosit. Qomolangma


 
 
 

The Politics of Food - with Dr. Marion Nestle

  • Writer: Green Street Radio
    Green Street Radio

Updated: Jun 13, 2025

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

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:



 
 
 

People, Plastic and Climate Change - with Rick Smith

  • Writer: Green Street Radio
    Green Street Radio

Updated: Jun 13, 2025

Author, biologist, environmentalist, and political activist Rick Smith talks about the two biggest environmental threats of our generation.

This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug talk about the FDA’s continuing failure to regulate toxic chemicals, how a group of mothers are suing manufacturers of plastic food containers, and how the Trump administration is rolling back drinking water standards for certain PFAS chemicals. Then Rick Smith, author of "Slow Death by Rubber Duck" and President of the Canadian Climate Institute, talks about the dual crises of climate change and plastic pollution as a human health hazard. 



Links from the Interview

The Canadian Climate Institute: https://climateinstitute.ca/ Rick's bio and links to recent blogs: https://climateinstitute.ca/people/rick-smith/


Links from the News

FDA reform — not just narrow ingredient bans — is needed to make America healthier: https://www.ehn.org/fda-gras-loophole-opinion


 
 
 
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