Toxic Cars - with Dr. Arlene Blum

Could the air inside your car contain chemicals known to cause cancer?

This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug talk about Denmark's amazing energy island and Al Gore’s thoughts about addressing the power demands of AI. Then biophysical chemist Dr. Arlene Blum, founder of the Green Science Policy Institute, talks about her lifetime of work on flame retardant chemicals and her recent study of the toxic air inside cars. 

Toxic Cars - with Dr. Arlene BlumGreen Street with Patti & Doug Wood

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Links from the Interview

• Arlene Blum's Green Science Policy Institute: https://greensciencepolicy.org/

• The study on air in cars: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.3c10440

Links from the News:

• Denmark's amazing energy island: https://ens.dk/en/energy-sources/offshore-wind-power/denmarks-energy-islands

Al Gore addresses AI's thirst for power: https://insideclimatenews.org/news/13052026/al-gore-discusses-artificial-intelligence-data-centers/

Dr. Arlene Blum, mountaineer and biophysical chemist