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Plastic in Our Water - with Dr. Christy Tyler

  • Writer: Green Street Radio
    Green Street Radio

Scientists around the world are trying to figure out what to do with our plastic problem and what it means for our future.

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This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug talk about why recycled plastic contains more toxins than virgin plastic, how government energy positions are increasingly filled with former oil execs, and the first discovery of mosquitoes in Iceland. Then Dr. Christy Tyler, professor at the Rochester Institute of Technology talks about her work uncovering the sources of plastic pollution that end up in our water. 


Plastic in Our Water - with Dr. Christy Tyler

Links from the Interview

Dr. Tyler's page on the RIT website: https://www.rit.edu/directory/actsbi-christy-tyler


The Tyler Aquatic Ecology Lab at RIT: https://christytyler.weebly.com/


Links from the News




Dr. Christy Tyler
Dr. Christy Tyler

 
 
 

The Environmental Links to Breast Cancer

  • Writer: Green Street Radio
    Green Street Radio

Two scientists from the Silent Spring Institute talk about their quest to find which chemicals in consumer products are increasing the risk for breast cancer.

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This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug talk about the amount of plastic being fed to farmed fish, and how big banks are financing the destruction of the forests in the Amazon. Then Dr. Robin Dodson and Dr. Kristin Knox from the Silent Spring Institute talk about their work uncovering the links between the chemicals found in everyday consumer products and increased risk of breast cancer. 


Green Street - The Environmental Links to Breast Cancer

Links from the Interview

The website of the Silent Spring Institute: https://silentspring.org/


Links from the News

Fish farming has a plastic problem: https://www.ehn.org/plastic-in-farmed-fish






 
 
 

The Myth of Plastic Recycling - with Dr. Veena Singla

  • Writer: Green Street Radio
    Green Street Radio

Plastic manufacturers want you to believe they can recycle plastic without polluting the world. Don't believe it.


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This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug talk about how plants take up plastic and what it means for agriculture (and your garden), how plastic dust from construction sites is a major source of worldwide pollution, and why the smoke from wildfires is much more hazardous and damaging than previously understood. Then Dr. Veena Singla from the National Resources Defense Council talks about the various ways in which plastic manufacturers are trying – so far unsuccessfully – to recycle their product and convince the public that our global plastic crisis can be easily solved. 


The Myth of Plastic Recycling with Dr. Veena Singla

Links from the Interview

Dr. Singla's page at the Sustainable Packaging Coalition: https://sustainablepackaging.org/people/veena-singla/

The Burning Truth Behind Chemical Recycling (video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJGDCCgELMk


Links from the News

Plastic particles are infiltrating plants: https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1097394#:~


New Jersey towns are limiting plastic pollution from construction sites: https://www.beyondplastics.org/board/brian-thompson


International group of scientists call for immediate action on PFAS chemicals: https://www.ehn.org/pfas-chemicals




 
 
 
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