Kids, Tech, and Health with Dr. Cindy Russell, M.D.

The radiation from wireless devices can be harmful, especially for kids.

This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug talk about the health impact of higher temperatures and rising humidity from climate change, President Trump's elimination of research on firefighters and cancer, and the relationship between wireless radiation exposure and lower fertility. Then Dr. Cindy Russell, Executive Director of Physicians for Safe Technology, talks about kids and cell phones, why cell phone bans at schools are a good thing, and the proven health impacts of near-constant exposure to radiation from all wireless devices. 

Kids, Tech, and Health with Dr. Cindy Russell

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Links from the Interview

Physicians for Safe Technology: https://mdsafetech.org/

PST page on technology in schools: https://mdsafetech.org/2023/08/03/medical-association-adopts-recommendations-for-best-practices-for-safe-technology-in-schools/

Links from the News

How does the body respond to high temperatures? https://hsph.harvard.edu/news/how-does-the-body-respond-to-dangerous-heat/

President Trump has cut funding to investigate firefighters and high level of cancer: https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-cuts-firefighter-deaths

How cell phone radiation can reduce fertility: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4074720/

The BabySafe Show - with Patti Wood

Science supports keeping your wireless devices away from your developing baby.

This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug talk about states are finally prohibiting PFAS in all products, how polluting companies can be excused from clean air regulations by emailing the EPA, and how big banks are quietly advising clients that the world will fail to meet climate goals, and they should invest in air conditioning! Then Patti talks about the development of the BabySafe Project, which encourages pregnant women to keep their cell phones and other wireless devices away from their developing baby. More information on the show website, www.GreenStreetNews.org. 

Green Street - The BabySafe Show

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Links from the Interview

The BabySafe Project: https://www.babysafeproject.org/

Links from the News

New Mexico bans PFAS from consumer goods: https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/5218010-new-mexico-ban-pfas-products-bills/

EPA sets up email address for presidential exemptions: https://www.eenews.net/articles/want-a-clean-air-act-exemption-just-email-epa/

Banks warn investors about climate change: https://www.preventionweb.net/news/big-banks-quietly-prepare-catastrophic-warming

Toxic Turf - with Amy Griffin

A soccer coach talks about young soccer goalies who developed lymphoma after playing for years on artificial turf.

This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug discuss the continuing 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 coach Amy Griffin talks about artificial turf fields, their negative impact on young athletes, including alarming increases in cancer, and her growing list of young athletes who have been affected. 

Green Street Amy Griffin podcast

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Links from the Interview:

The non-profit Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility is helping Amy Griffin to push back against artificial turf fields: https://peer.org/amy-griffin-amys-list-and-toxic-turf-2/

Links from the News

Lead poisoning is a problem for everyone, especially some ethnic communities: https://www.pureearth.org/global-lead-program/lead-poisoning/

The City of Paris eliminates parking spaces in favor of trees: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-11-18/paris-climate-plan-targets-emissions-by-replacing-parking-with-trees

President-elect Trump plans to re-open the Keystone XL pipeline project: https://www.ehn.org/trump-plans-to-revive-keystone-xl-2669999072.html