Pipelines Filled with Trouble - with Justin Nobel

Highly toxic and radioactive fracking waste is being transported through makeshift pipelines with no government oversight. What could go wrong?

This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug talk about petrochemical plants dumping toxins in the nearby water, how Cambodian brick factories burning plastic clothes for fuel are making workers sick, and how wildfires in California are creating toxic air and debris from burning plastic structures, furnishings and personal items. Then investigative reporter Justin Nobel talks about the secret network of unregulated pipelines in fracking country carrying highly toxic and radioactive waste to unknown destinations. 

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Links from the Interview

The Secret Pipelines Carrying Toxic Fracking Waste: https://www.desmog.com/2024/12/23/josh-shapiro-seneca-resources-whistleblower-demands-pennsylvania-gov-fix-completely-unregulated-fracking-wastewater-network/

Big Oil's Dangerous Radioactive Secret: https://www.desmog.com/2024/04/24/petroleum-238-fracking-big-oil-dangerous-secret-justin-noble-ohio-west-virginia-toxic-waste/

Links from the News

Petrochemical plants pour millions of pounds of pollutants into water: https://www.ehn.org/petrochemical-plants-send-pollutants-into-waterways-2670496106.html

Cambodian brick kilns powered by synthetic clothing scraps: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-68102771

Wildfires and burning plastic: https://www.plasticpollutioncoalition.org/blog/2025/1/17/plastic-chemicals-in-wildfire-smoke-and-how-to-protect-yourself

Toxic Turf - with Amy Griffin

A soccer coach talks about young soccer goalies who developed lymphoma after playing for years on artificial turf.

This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug discuss the continuing presence of lead in many consumer products including spices, the city of Paris replacing parking spots with trees to improve the quality of life and address climate concerns, and President Trump’s troubling plan to re-start the Keystone XL pipeline project. Then former soccer star and coach Amy Griffin talks about artificial turf fields, their negative impact on young athletes, including alarming increases in cancer, and her growing list of young athletes who have been affected. 

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Links from the Interview:

The non-profit Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility is helping Amy Griffin to push back against artificial turf fields: https://peer.org/amy-griffin-amys-list-and-toxic-turf-2/

Links from the News

Lead poisoning is a problem for everyone, especially some ethnic communities: https://www.pureearth.org/global-lead-program/lead-poisoning/

The City of Paris eliminates parking spaces in favor of trees: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-11-18/paris-climate-plan-targets-emissions-by-replacing-parking-with-trees

President-elect Trump plans to re-open the Keystone XL pipeline project: https://www.ehn.org/trump-plans-to-revive-keystone-xl-2669999072.html

Plastic: A Worldwide Crisis -with Vito Buonsante

Now that plastic has become a serious human health issue, the stakes are even higher.

This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug talk about a new court order forcing the EPA to regulate fluoride after studies show it lowers IQ in children, and how the loss of biodiversity threatens our own survival. Then Vito Buonsante, Policy Advisor for the International Pollutants Elimination Network (IPEN)  talks about plastic, human health, and the worldwide effort to stop the relentless production of this life-threatening material. 

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Links from the Interview

The International Pollutants Elimination Network: https://ipen.org/

Links from the News

The EPA is ordered to regulate fluoride: https://www.eenews.net/articles/epa-in-a-really-tough-spot-after-landmark-fluoride-ruling/

Humanity is on the verge of ‘shattering Earth’s natural limits: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/oct/21/humanity-earth-natural-limits-biodiversity-warning-cop16-conference-scientists-academics