Fighting Fire in a Toxic World - with Silverio Caggiano
- Green Street Radio
- Mar 21
- 1 min read
Our chemical world has made the job of fighting fires even more dangerous than it was.....
This week on Green Street, Patti and Doug talk about plastic in fertilizer ending up in our food supply, how the FDA allows 950 food additives that are prohibited in Europe, and how firefighters face a higher risk of brain cancer because of certain chemicals they are exposed to on the job. Then nationally-recognized hazmat expert and firefighter Silverio Caggiano talks about the new challenges facing firefighters today and his experience with the East Palestine rail disaster. More information and links can be found on our show website, GreenStreetNews.org.
Links from the Interview
Buckeye Environmental Network (where Silverio Caggiano is a board member) https://benohio.org/
Links from the News
Microplastics in fertilizers: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/11/fertilizers-microplastics-us-cropland
How the food industry escapes scrutiny from the FDA: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fda-chemicals-food-supply/ Firefighters face a higher risk of brain cancer from chemical: https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-03-firefighters-higher-brain-cancer-gene.html
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