Plastic's Endless Toxic Existence with Erica Cirino

Our worldwide plastic pollution problem is now a public health problem.

This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug talk about hazardous PFAS chemicals in lithium-ion batteries and Project 2025's plans to dismantle the EPA. Then author and plastic expert Erica Cirino talks about her work at the Plastic Pollution Coalition and the two guides they have produced; the Health Pregnancy Guide and the Health Baby Guide. More info at www.PlasticPollutionCoalition.org.

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Links from the interview:

• Plastic Pollution Coalition:http://www.plasticpollutioncoalition.org/

• The Healthy Pregnancy Guide:https://www.plasticpollutioncoalition.org/takeaction/guides/healthypregnancyguide#:~:text=The%20Healthy%20Pregnancy%20Guide%20from,they%20can%20affect%20our%20offspring.

• Plastics may contain a mix of at least 16,000 chemicals:https://www.plasticpollutioncoalition.org/blog/2024/3/20/new-report-plastic-chemicals-are-numerous-and-hazardous#:~:text=Plastics%20may%20contain%20any%20mix,scientists%20with%20the%20PlastChem%20Project.

• Individuals most vulnerable to toxic plastic pollution:https://www.plasticpollutioncoalition.org/blog/2024/5/12/from-womb-to-world-plastics-harm-babies#:~:text=Plastic%20poisons%20all%20people%2C%20but,the%20toxic%20impacts%20of%20plastic.

• Plastics in the blood, breast milk, placenta, and brain:https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/may/01/plastic-is-already-in-blood-breast-milk-and-placentas-now-it-may-be-in-our-brains

Links from the news:

• Chemicals in lithium batteries threaten the environment:https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/jul/14/forever-chemicals-lithium-ion-batteries-environment

• Project 2025 to weaken the EPA:https://www.eenews.net/articles/inside-the-project-2025-plan-to-gut-climate-regs/