Artificial turf sports fields are an environmental nightmare – a threat to our kids' health and their future.
This week on Green Street Patti and Doug talk about why processed foods are so addictive, and how telecoms are trying to get rid of copper land lines. Then investigative reporters Barbara Laker and David Gambacorta talk about their series in the Philadelphia Inquirer about artificial turf and members of the Phillies baseball team who all developed brain cancer after years of playing on the field.
Links from the interview:
PFAS in Veterans Stadium turf:https://www.fox29.com/news/investigative-report-dangerous-chemicals-pfas-veterans-stadium-turf
Barbara Laker:https://www.inquirer.com/author/laker_barbara/
David Gambacorta:https://www.inquirer.com/author/gambacorta_david/
Firefighters at risk of contact with forever chemicals:https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2024/01/wear-and-tear-may-cause-firefighter-gear-release-more-forever-chemicals
PAH in car tires:https://www.greencarcongress.com/2012/03/pah-20q2.html
Athletes are exposed to PFAS on artificial turf fields:https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/mar/15/athletes-higher-pfas-levels-artificial-turf
Links from the news:
Are ultra-processed foods as addictive as cigarettes?:https://lsa.umich.edu/psych/news-events/all-news/faculty-news/are-ultra-processed-foods-as-addictive-as-cigarettes-.html#:~:text=Highly%20processed%20foods%20are%20addictive,addiction%20to%20ultra%2Dprocessed%20foods.
AT&T application to stop serving landline phones denied:https://apnews.com/us-news/california-at-t-inc-general-news-0696df6b89506bc0ed367866dbe00cca#:~:text=California's%20Public%20Utilities%20Commission%20rejected,California%20was%20“fatally%20flawed.”
