The powerful sugar industry has spent years downplaying the health impacts of sugar and promoting the use of fluoride in public water supplies. In the news this week, Patti and Doug talk about a new warning on plastic pollution and children's health, how play sand in Australia has been found to be laced with asbestos, and the EPA's head-scratching approval of another PFAS pesticide ingredient. Then scientific researcher Chris Neurath talks about his work uncovering documents

Scientists around the world are trying to figure out what to do with our plastic problem and what it means for our future. This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug talk about why recycled plastic contains more toxins than virgin plastic, how government energy positions are increasingly filled with former oil execs, and the first discovery of mosquitoes in Iceland. Then Dr. Christy Tyler, professor at the Rochester Institute of Technology talks about her work uncovering the s

Two dedicated individuals in Michigan are taking on a broad array of powerful interests to get PFAS out of their water. This week on...

The nation's leading expert on environmental toxins talks about his work and recent study on glyphosate. This week on Green Street, Patti...

What's in your water, and what kinds of filters should you be using? This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug talk about how...

Corporate greed and government acquiescence have created one of the great environmental crises of our lifetime. This week on Green...

Delivering fluoride through public water supplies was never a good idea. Now we find out, it lowers IQ in children. This week on Green...

On this edition of Green Street, Patti and Doug speak with Vito Buonsante of IPEN (International Pollutants Elimination Network) about...

On this edition of Green Street, Patti and Doug welcome certified water expert Paul Trafas to talk about chemicals in our drinking water...

On this edition of Green Street Patti and Doug speak with photographer, activist and author Erica Cirino, whose book “ThickerThan Water:

On this edition of Green Street, Patti and Doug talk with the Michigan State University researcher and pediatrician who blew the lid off...

Delaware Riverkeeper Maya Van Rossum talks about her idea to adopt a Green Amendment in every state; one that would protect our right to...

Recent fish kills on the east end of Long Island and in the Hudson River have raised new questions about what’s happening to our water....

The natural gas industry is drilling and fracking wells across the United States and around the world as fast as they can, before the...

How did this whole concept of fluoridation of public water supplies get started, and what should you know about it? On this edition of...