The Fight Over Fluoride - with Dr. Paul Connett

Delivering fluoride through public water supplies was never a good idea. Now we find out, it lowers IQ in children.

This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug talk about Trump’s environmental agenda, the alarming national drought, how AI is creating mountains of e-waste, and the fact that it's raining PFAS chemicals in Miami (and everywhere else!) Then Dr. Paul Connett, founder of the Fluoride Action Network, talks about the dangers of adding fluoride to public drinking water, new U.S. government studies showing that exposure to fluoride lowers IQ in children, and the recent court decision ordering the EPA to regulate the toxic substance. 

Green Street - Paul Connett - Podcast

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Links from the Interview

Link to the Fluoride Action Network: https://fluoridealert.org/

Link to the judge's decision in the fluoride case: https://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/2024.09.24-Opinion.pdf

More information about fluoride: https://www.grassrootsinfo.org/flouride

Links from the News

What a Trump presidency could mean for environmental health: https://www.ehn.org/donald-trump-wins-us-presidency-what-that-could-mean-for-the-environment-2669621858.html

The U.S. drought crisis: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/05/states-drought-climate-crisis

Lead: The Pernicious Poison - with Tamara Rubin

Years ago, "Lead Safe Mama" Tamara Rubin's family was poisoned by lead. Now she's on a campaign to make sure every parent knows about the presence of lead in consumer products and food.

This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug talk about how big oil is interfering with climate change research at universities around the world, PFAS in firefighting gear, and the disturbing amount of single-use plastic used in modern agriculture. Then “Lead Safe Mama” Tamara Rubin tells about her experience with lead poisoning in her family, and how it drove her to start testing all kinds of products and food for the presence of toxic lead. Every parent needs to hear this!

Green Street - Lead: the Pernicious Poison

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Links from the Interview

Tamara Rubin's website: https://tamararubin.com/

Links from the News

Big oil is funding universities around the world to slow down research on climate change: https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/sep/05/universities-fossil-fuel-funding-green-energy

Two states are banning PFAS in firefighting gear: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/aug/23/pfas-firefighter-gear-ban-massachusetts-connecticut

Microplastic contamination in modern agriculture: https://india.mongabay.com/2024/09/agriculture-has-a-plastic-problem-and-its-threatening-the-future-of-food/

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