Plastic Baby? - with Dr. Marcus Garcia
- Green Street Radio
- Feb 20
- 1 min read
Babies are being born with microplastics in their blood. It's time to turn off the plastic tap.
In the news this week, Patti and Doug talk about endocrine-disrupting BPA chemicals in baby pacifiers, the incredible health benefits of eating oatmeal, and President Trump’s executive order spurring production of the cancer-causing chemical glyphosate. Then Dr. Marcus Garcia of the University of New Mexico talks about his work in the lab discovering microplastics in human placentas, what it may mean for health later in life, and how we really need to find ways to curb the production and consumption of plastic.
Links from the Interview
• Read the study: Quantitation and identification of microplastics accumulation in human placental specimens using pyrolysis gas chromatography mass spectrometry
Links from the News
• Baby pacifiers can contain endocrine-disrupting BPA even when the label says it doesn't. https://www.ehn.org/bpa-exposure-pacifiers
• Two days of oatmeal can lower your cholesterol: https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/two-days-oatmeal-reduce-ldl-cholesterol-levels-study
• Trump orders more production of a cancer-causing chemical https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/us/politics/trump-boost-weedkiller.html
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