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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 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
This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug talk about popular foods that are contaminated with plastic particles, the secret network of pipelines carrying toxic radioactive waste from fracking operations, and the proposal to bury millions of tons of carbon under the Gulf of Mexico. Then Anne Rabe, Environmental Policy Director at NYPIRG, talks … Continued
This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug review some of the top environmental health news stories of the year, including the California lawsuit against Exxon for lying about plastic recycling, the renewed push for nuclear power (to support the insatiable power appetite of AI), the debate over fluoride in public water supplies, how “forever” … Continued
This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug talk about the landmark decision in Montana affirming young people’s claim that a law preventing decision makers to consider the impacts of climate change deprives them of their right to a clean and safe environment, how the FDA permits food companies to put hazardous chemicals into … Continued
This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug talk about the EPA’s ban on two toxic chemicals (finally!), the failure of the worldwide plastic treaty in South Korea, and the promise and problems associated with new types of biodegradable plastic.Then Kate Donovan of the NRDC and Dr. Charles Moon of Mount Sinai School of … Continued
Green Street is preempted today by a one-hour special with Phyllis Bennis, Director of the New Internationalism Project at the Institute for Policy Studies, on the collapse of the Assad dictatorship in Syria, Israel’s post-collapse bombings, incursions in Syria, and what comes next. Bennis’s forthcoming book, Understanding Palestine and Israel, is available as a thank-you gift … Continued
This week on Green Street, Patti & Doug discuss the presence of lead in many consumer products including spices, the city of Paris replacing parking spots with trees to improve the quality of life and address climate concerns, and President Trump’s troubling plan to re-start the Keystone XL pipeline project. Then former soccer star and … Continued
This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug talk about the role of nitrous oxide in climate change (it’s a greenhouse gas that’s 300 times more powerful than CO2 ), and how the world is beginning to realize that plastic is a toxic substance, just in time for the UN worldwide plastic treaty talks … Continued
This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug discuss the upcoming global plastic conference and the possibility of cutting plastic production, how microplastics are harboring pathogens in the water, good news about used clothing, and Donald Trump’s pick to lead the EPA. Then Duke University researcher Dr. Kate Hoffman talks about the vulnerability of … Continued
