2:00 PM Pacific Time: Mondays
Green Street is a weekly environmental health show with hosts Patti and Doug Wood, offering expert reporting, analysis, and solutions for current environmental health problems. The 30-minute show is produced by Grassroots Environmental Education, a non-profit organization with a mission to educate the public about the links between common environmental exposures and human health.
In every edition of Green Street, Patti and Doug and their extensive network of experts bring you the latest environmental news and analysis, as well as in-depth stories based on interviews with physicians, public health experts, researchers, scientists, engineers, authors and advocates. From fracking to fluoride, GMO foods to pesticides and wireless radiation to artificial turf fields, we cover the entire landscape of environmental health issues with depth and clarity.
This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug talk about plastic in fertilizer ending up in our food supply, how the FDA allows 950 food additives that are prohibited in Europe, and how firefighters face a higher risk of brain cancer because of certain chemicals they are exposed to on the job. Then nationally-recognized hazmat … Continued
This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug talk about big problems for Fiji water, how the EPA is eliminating a database of hazardous chemicals used by scientists around the world, and how RFK Jr., wants to eliminate food dyes from most foods in America. Then Dr. Arlene Blum, founder and CEO of the Green … Continued
This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug talk about the link between plastic food containers and heart disease, how climate change is threatening drinking water, and how RFK’s promise to regulate hazardous chemicals by getting rid of corporate influence may not work for the corporate cronies President Trump has selected to staff the EPA. … Continued
Today’s episodes of Green Street and Bioneers are preempted by special programming for KPFA’s 2025 Winter Fund Drive. Brian Edwards-Tiekert interviews Jeff Miller, the founder and Executive Director of the Alameda Creek Alliance. Miller also works with the Center for Biological Diversity on media, outreach, writing endangered species listing petitions, and working on biodiversity issues. … Continued
Today’s episodes of Green Street and Bioneers are preempted by special programming for KPFA’s 2025 Winter Fund Drive. We listen to audio selections from a KPFA event held on Sunday, December 15th, 2024 at La Peña Cultural Center in Berkeley, featuring Weather Underground co-founder Bill Ayers in conversation with our host, Cat Brooks. He discusses … Continued
This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug discuss the environmental and human health impact of chemical fire retardants used in California, the elimination of federal environmental justice programs, and the EPA’s ban of red dye #3 thirty years after it was shown to cause cancer. Then Steven Feit, senior attorney with the Center for … Continued
This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug discuss the health hazards of tatoos (the inks can be toxic) and the plight of minority communities in the area of Texas called “Cancer Alley.” Then Dr. Ann McCampbell and Susie Molloy discuss their battles with Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS),and how they have learned to live with … Continued
This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug talk about the rise in antibiotic resistance, how severe weather events fueled by climate change are impacting human health, and why there are PFAS chemicals in eggs in rural France. Then renowned epidemiologist and author Dr. Shanna Swan talks about her recent book “Countdown,” how sperm rates … Continued
This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug talk about petrochemical plants dumping toxins in the nearby water, how Cambodian brick factories burning plastic clothes for fuel are making workers sick, and how wildfires in California are creating toxic air and debris from burning plastic structures, furnishings and personal items.Then investigative reporter Justin Nobel talks … Continued
This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug discuss PFAS from pharmaceuticals in drinking water, the toxic air in parts of Texas, and Exxon’s unhappiness with California’s claim that plastic is not actually recyclable. Then Kevin Kamps from Beyond Nuclear talks about the push to reactivate old nuclear power plants and build new ones, all … Continued
