Plastic's Toxic Troublemakers - with Dr. Leo Trasande
- Green Street Radio
- 5 days ago
- 1 min read
The chemicals contained in plastic items, from nail polish to synthetic clothing to food packaging, can disrupt normal sexual development and even prevent conception.
This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug talk abut a new study on wireless radiation and cancer, how America’s natural parks are opening up to the fossil fuel industry, and how the EPA is weakening regulations on toxins coming from burning plastic. Then Harvard-trained pediatrician Dr. Leo Trasande, an internationally recognized expert on endocrine disrupting chemicals, talks about the future of the UN’s World Plastic Treaty and what we’re learning about the devastating harm of the chemicals in plastic.
Links from the Interview:
• The website for Dr. Trasande's book "Sicker, Fatter, Poorer" https://www.leotrasande.com/sicker-fatter-poorer
• Read more about Dr. Trasande:
• Endocrine-disrupting chemicals: implications for human health (study)
Links from the News :
• Study shows exposure limits for radiation don't protect against cancer: https://www.ehn.org/cancer-wireless-radiation-limits
• Drill, Baby, Drill. Our national parks are open for the oil and gas industry: https://www.dw.com/en/drill-baby-drill-trump-opens-wilderness-to-big-energy/a-76411423
• The EPA wants to relax or eliminate regulations on emissions from companies that burn plastic: https://cen.acs.org/environment/pollution/epa-wants-to-let-plastic-incinerators-skirt-clean-air-act/104/web/2026/03
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