The Environmental Links to Breast Cancer

Two scientists from the Silent Spring Institute talk about their quest to find which chemicals in consumer products are increasing the risk for breast cancer.

This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug talk about the amount of plastic being fed to farmed fish, and how big banks are financing the destruction of the forests in the Amazon. Then Dr. Robin Dodson and Dr. Kristin Knox from the Silent Spring Institute talk about their work uncovering the links between the chemicals found in everyday consumer products and increased risk of breast cancer. 

Green Street - The Environmental Links to Breast Cancer

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Links from the Interview

The website of the Silent Spring Institute: https://silentspring.org/

Links from the News

Fish farming has a plastic problem: https://www.ehn.org/plastic-in-farmed-fish

Governor Newsom vetoes legislation banning PFAS in cookware: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/17/gavin-newsoms-veto-on-bill-to-ban-pfas-hands-industry-a-win-advocates-fear

The world's forests are being distroyed, posing a threat to humanity: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/14/dismal-health-of-worlds-forests-is-threat-to-humanity-report-warns

Every Bite You Take - with Dr. Zahra Kassam

Plant-based diets are not only better for you but could significantly change our trajectory on climate change.

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 ultra-processed foods. Then Dr. Zahra Kassam, radiation oncologist and founder of Plant Based Canada, talks about her work educating the public and her patients about the many health and environmental benefits of a plant based diet. 

Every Bite You Take - with Dr. Zahra Kassam

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Links from the Interview

The website of Plant Based Canada: https://www.plantbasedcanada.org/

Links from the News

Wildfire smoke is hazardous to everyone: https://www.npr.org/2025/08/04/nx-s1-5492448/health-michigan-canada-smoke-minnesota-air-quality-wildfire

The United States undermines a global plastic treaty: https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/trump-administration-memo-urges-countries-reject-plastic-production-caps-un-2025-08-06/

Most Americans are getting their calories from ultra-processed food: https://www.ehn.org/most-u-s-calories-now-come-from-factory-made-foods-cdc-report-finds

Dr. Zahra Kassam

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