Big Oil's Dirty Little Secret - with Justin Nobel

Drilling for natural gas brings highly radioactive waste up from deep underground. Now its our problem.

This week on Green Street, Patti & Doug discuss the failure of the FDA to regulate chemicals in food, and how new language in the farm bill will prohibit states from regulating pesticides. Then author and investigative reporter Justin Nobel talks about the extremely high levels of radiation from fracking and how the industry is trying to keep it quiet.

Green Street - Big Oil's Dirty Little Secret

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Links from the interview:

• Justin Noble: 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/

• Family takes two corporations to court over fracking concerns:https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/news/washington-county-family-fracking-court-case/

Links from the news:

• Open letter to the FDA:https://www.ehn.org/fda-food-safety-chemicals-2668282848.html#:~:text=A%20recent%20hearing%20in%20front,tobacco%20scandals%20in%20recent%20years.

• Farm bill could reduce pesticide regulation:https://www.ehn.org/farm-bill-could-reduce-state-pesticide-regulations-and-legal-protections-2668407318.html#:~:text=The%20bill%20includes%20provisions%20that,and%20environmental%20groups%20oppose%20them.