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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 how plants take up plastic and what it means for agriculture (and your garden veggies), how plastic dust from construction sites is a major source of worldwide pollution, and why the smoke from wildfires is much more hazardous and damaging than previously understood. Then, in … Continued
This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug talk about the plastic industry’s effort to re-classify pyrolysis (burning of plastic) as “manufacturing,” the environmental havoc caused by flame retardant chemicals used in forest fires, and the possibility that the old Indian Point nuclear power plant just north of New York City will be re-activated to … Continued
This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug talk about chemical lobbyists inside the EPA gutting regulations on PFAS, how the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has been ordered by the administration to quickly approve new nuclear power plants, and a new study showing that males are more impacted by exposure to some PFAS chemicals than females. … Continued
This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug talk about firefighting gear that was supposed to be PFAS-free (but turned out not to be), hazardous mercury vapor emanating from school gymnasium floors, and how men, not women, are responsible for at least half of all fertility problems. Then, in an interview recorded a few years … Continued
This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug talk about the fight over banning a pesticide proven to negatively impact the brains of developing babies, a new firefighting foam made from soybeans that can replace hazardous PFAS-laden products, and the collapse of the UN worldwide plastic treaty, thanks in large part to the United States. … Continued
This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug talk about PFAS (forever chemicals) on artificial turf fields, Texas’s new court system for business cases backed by big oil, and the dramatic increase in the number of of plastic particles accumulating in your brain. Then Dr. Tom Zoeller, one of the nation’s leading experts on endocrine … Continued
This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug talk about the health hazards of wildfire smoke and how to stay safe, the effort by the United States to undermine a global plastics treaty ahead of the UN conference in Geneva, and the new report showing that Americans are getting a majority of their calories from … Continued
This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug talk about the Trump administration’s plans to stop making scientific climate reports easily available to the public, and the new study showing that children living near oil and gas drilling sites have a significantly higher incidence of leukemia. Then Steven Feit, senior attorney with the Center for … Continued
Green Street with Patti and Doug Wood is a weekly environmental health show with news and expert interviews on a broad range of issues, from fracking to fluoride, plastic pollution to PFAS, and artificial turf to wireless radiation.
This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug dedicate the entire program to their interview with the nation’s leading expert on environmental toxins, Dr. Philip Landrigan. Over a career spanning decades, Dr. Landrigan has been out front on efforts to inform the public about the links between common environmental exposure and human health, including groundbreaking … Continued
