The Environmental Links to Breast Cancer
- Green Street Radio
- Oct 17
- 1 min read
Two scientists from the Silent Spring Institute talk about their quest to find which chemicals in consumer products are increasing the risk for breast cancer.
This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug talk about the amount of plastic being fed to farmed fish, and how big banks are financing the destruction of the forests in the Amazon. Then Dr. Robin Dodson and Dr. Kristin Knox from the Silent Spring Institute talk about their work uncovering the links between the chemicals found in everyday consumer products and increased risk of breast cancer.
Links from the Interview
The website of the Silent Spring Institute: https://silentspring.org/
Links from the News
Fish farming has a plastic problem: https://www.ehn.org/plastic-in-farmed-fish
Governor Newsom vetoes legislation banning PFAS in cookware: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/17/gavin-newsoms-veto-on-bill-to-ban-pfas-hands-industry-a-win-advocates-fear
The world's forests are being distroyed, posing a threat to humanity: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/14/dismal-health-of-worlds-forests-is-threat-to-humanity-report-warns
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