Hormone Trouble - with Dr. Tom Zoeller

Chemicals in consumer products that mimic those in our endocrine system can have lifelong negative impacts.

This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug talk about PFAS (forever chemicals) on artificial turf fields, Texas’s new court system for business cases backed by big oil, and the dramatic increase in the number of of plastic particles accumulating in your brain. Then Dr. Tom Zoeller, one of the nation's leading experts on endocrine disruption, talks about how these tiny chemicals impact our body and why the government seems unable (or unwilling) to take hormone-disrupting products off the shelf – products that can have serious, life-long impacts on both children and adults. 

Hormone Trouble with Dr. Tom Zoeller

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Links from the Interview

Read an interview with Dr. Zoeller: https://www.endocrine.org/our-community/breakthroughs-and-improving-care/member-spotlight/thomas-zoeller

Links from the News

Kids playing on artificial turf get forever chemicals on their skin: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/mar/15/athletes-higher-pfas-levels-artificial-turf

Texas establishes new legal system for businesses, backed by oil and gas interests: https://www.levernews.com/justice-brought-to-you-by-big-oil/

Plastic in your brain has increased 50% in the last eight years: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/aug/21/microplastics-brain-pollution-health

Patti's Plastic Videos: https://www.grassrootsinfo.org/plasticpollution