Spinning Science for Profit - with Dr. Laura Vandenberg

The tobacco playbook is alive and well, as big companies with profits at stake spin science to their benefit.

This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug talk about the end of landline phone service, why you should never use a plastic cutting board, and how endocrine disrupting chemicals in consumer products can make your body do things it shouldn’t. Then Dr. Laura Vandenberg talks about her research on how big companies intentionally distort science and mislead the public to protect their profits.

Green Street Laura Vandenberg podcast

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Links from the Interview

Dr. Vandenberg's web page at the University of Massachusetts: https://www.umass.edu/public-health-sciences/about/directory/laura-vandenberg

Dr. Vandenberg's study on spinning science: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33771171/

Links from the News

AT&T is doing away with landlines: https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2024/12/04/att-eliminate-traditional-landline-copper-phone-service-2029/76765766007/

Don't use plastic cutting boards! https://www.acs.org/pressroom/presspacs/2023/june/cutting-boards-can-produce-microparticles-when-chopping-veggies.html

Endocrine disrupting chemicals: https://www.ehn.org/what-are-endocrine-disrupting-chemicals-2662337230.html

Hormone Trouble - with Dr. Tom Zoeller

Endocrine disrupting chemicals are changing the way your body works, whether you know it or not.

This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug talk about forever chemicals on artificial turf fields, Texas’s new court system backed by big oil, and the amount of plastic particles accumulating in your brain. Then Dr. Tom Zoeller, one of the nation's leading experts on endocrine disruption, talks about why the government seems unable (or unwilling) to take products off the shelf that can have serious, life-long impacts on children and adults. 

Green Street - Zoeller podcast

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Links from the Interview

Read an interview with Dr. Zoeller: https://www.endocrine.org/our-community/breakthroughs-and-improving-care/member-spotlight/thomas-zoeller

Links from the News

Kids playing on artificial turf get forever chemicals on their skin: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/mar/15/athletes-higher-pfas-levels-artificial-turf

Texas establishes new legal system for businesses, backed by oil and gas interests: https://www.levernews.com/justice-brought-to-you-by-big-oil/

Plastic in your brain has increased 50% in the last eight years: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/aug/21/microplastics-brain-pollution-health

Patti's Plastic Videos: https://www.grassrootsinfo.org/plasticpollution

Breast Cancer in a Bottle - with Polly Marshall

Personal care products can contain an array of synthetic chemicals linked to an increased risk of breast cancer.

This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug talk about pending legislation on PFAS and its ubiquity in firefighting gear. Then attorney and activist Polly Marshall talks about her group's efforts to document the links between common personal care products and an increased risk of breast cancer. More information at www.breastcancerovertime.org.

Green Street - Breast Cancer in a Bottle

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Links from the interview:

• Breast Cancer Over Time:https://www.breastcancerovertime.org/

• Carcinogens linked to breast cancer (study):https://vitals.sutterhealth.org/study-environmental-carcinogens-linked-to-breast-cancer-risk/

Links from the news:

• Bans on forevor chemicals in Colorado, California, and Vermont:https://apnews.com/article/cosmetics-pfas-apparel-athletic-turf-vermont-4a576b96e4014a59b2c736344b2255d0

• PFAS in firefighter gear:https://www.northcarolinahealthnews.org/2024/03/07/a-recent-study-shows-increased-pfas-risks-to-firefighters-as-their-protective-gear-ages/

• Op-ed: Why is the chemical industry pitting public health against economic growth?:https://www.ehn.org/chemical-industry-regulation-2659753767.html