Water Issues

Raising Healthy Kids in a Toxic World - with Dr. Michelle Perro

Green Street Radio

Rates of childhood cancer, asthma, obesity and other diseases are rising at an alarming rate. What can we do?

This week, Patti and Doug talk about testing drinking water for microplastics, a big court victory for residents of Cancer Alley, and how schools are unprepared to meet new HHS food pyramid guidelines. Then pediatrician and author Dr. Michelle Perro talks about what worries her most about children's health, the importance of good nutrition, and steps we can take together to improve outcomes for our kids.

Raising Healthy Kids in a Toxic World - with Dr. Michelle PerroGreen Street with Patti & Doug Wood

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Links from the Interview

• Dr. Perro's website: https://gmoscience.org/

• "What's Making Our Children Sick?" by Michelle Perro and Vincanne Adams

https://bookstore.acresusa.com/products/whats-making-our-children-sick?

Links from the News

• States are requesting the EPA to test water for microplastics: https://www.plasticpollutioncoalition.org/blog/2025/12/8/win-on-microplastics-seven-states-call-for-federal-tracking-plastic-particles-in-drinking-water

• Victory in court for residents of Cancer Alley: https://capitalbnews.org/cancer-alley-residents-pollution-lawsuit/

• Schools are struggling with new food guidelines: https://thehill.com/homenews/education/5689296-rfk-jr-food-pyramid-school-lunch/

• Patti's recipe for red lentil soup: https://www.helping2heal.org/post/red-lentil-soup

The Plastic Fiber Fiasco - with Dr. Lisa Erdle

Green Street Radio

Tiny plastic fibers, mostly from the clothes we wear, are ending up in our air, our food, and our own bodies. But there are solutions on the horizon.

The Plastic Fiber Fiasco - with Dr. Lisa ErdleGreen Street with Patti & Doug Wood

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This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug talk about the hidden costs of our dependence on fossil fuels, the EPA's effort to reduce state and local control over pipelines and power plants, and how New England states are joining together to promote residential heat pumps. Then Dr. Lisa Erdle, Director of Science and Innovation at non-profit 5 Gyres, talks about how scientists are now identifying tiny fibers from our clothing as one of the major culprits in the worldwide plastic pollution problem.

Links from the Interview

The website of 5 Gyres: https://www.5gyres.org/

Links from the News

• Affordability Requires Leadership (Op-Ed by Anshul Gupta) https://qoshe.com/the-leader-us/anshul-gupta/affordability-in-ny-requires-leadership-not-fossil-fuels/187323190

• Trump administration seeks to limit the ability of local governments to oversee major energy projects: https://apnews.com/article/water-trump-epa-section-401-data-centers-42716f21a37cadf624e2d7dee05fa3c3

• Heat pumps in New England: https://www.envirolink.org/2025/11/30/five-new-england-states-unite-for-historic-450-million-heat-pump-initiative-to-combat-winter-heating-emissions/

• Video from the first symposium of the Forums for a Nuclear-Free New York: https://www.grassrootsinfo.org/forums

The Sugar Scandal - with Chris Neurath

Green Street Radio

Updated: Nov 21, 2025

The powerful sugar industry has spent years downplaying the health impacts of sugar and promoting the use of fluoride in public water supplies.

In the news this week, Patti and Doug talk about a new warning on plastic pollution and children's health, how play sand in Australia has been found to be laced with asbestos, and the EPA's head-scratching approval of another PFAS pesticide ingredient. Then scientific researcher Chris Neurath talks about his work uncovering documents that show how the sugar industry manipulated science and worked secretly behind the scenes to support community fluoridation programs despite evidence of fluoride's neurotoxicity and links to other serious health impacts.

The Sugar Scandal with Chris NeurathGreen Street with Patti & Doug Wood

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