Reducing Environmental Cancer Risk with Dr. Richard Clap

The President’s Cancer Panel weighed In On Cancer and the Environment.

The President’s Cancer Panel found that environmental links to cancer have been grossly underestimated. In its annual report, the panel cites industrial and manufacturing sources, agricultural sources, exposures from modern lifestyles and medical sources as significant contributors to this national epidemic.

Join us as we discuss the report with Dr. Richard Clapp, Professor of Environmental Health at  Boston University’s School of Public Health.

Flame Retardants and Your Health with Dr Arlene Blum

Brominated flame retardant chemicals have been in the news recently – the Chicago Tribune ran an excellent series of investigative articles called “Playing With Fire,” and Nicholas Kristoff wrote a fabulous editorial in the Times  called “Are You Safe On That Sofa?“

On this edition of Green Street, Patti and Doug talk with Dr. Arlene Blum, founder and Executive Director of the Green Science Policy Institute about  flame retardant chemicals and human health.

For more info:

Visit the web site of the Green Science Policy Institute

Read Helping to Heal Blog – Thinking about a New Sofa

Flouride in Your Water with Dr. Paul Connett

How did this whole concept of fluoridation of public water supplies get started, and what should you know about it? On this edition of Green Street, Patti and Doug discuss this important issue with Dr. Paul Connett, fluoride expert and founder of the Fluoride Action Network.

For more info: See Grassroots Fluoride Web Page and Video