Grassroots with Patti & Doug Wood A program of Grassroots Environmental Education

This week on Grassroots, Patti & Doug talk about the toxicity of plastic recycling and its impact on human health. Then Sierra Club Connecticut's Martha Klein talks about the proposed "Project Maple" pipeline that will increase the flow of natural gas when we desperately need to stop burning fossil fuels.

After Doug's diatribe about the new TV commercials for the plastic industry and Patti's discussion of immune system diseases exacerbated by climate change, the hosts talk with PFAS expert Tracey Frisch about how the "forever chemicals" get into the waste stream and what happens when fertilizer containing PFAS is spread on farmland.

This week on Grassroots Patti and Doug talk about synthetic turf and the government's food guidelines. Then Dr. Mark Miller, Director Emeritus of the Western States Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit, talks about children and how they are impacted by environmental exposures.

Are you allowing the sun to set your internal body clock? Are you confusing your body looking at blue light screens late at night? This week Patti and Doug talk with light specialist Dr. Josh Rosenthal about how our bodies were designed to be in rhythm with the sun, and how being aware of light can keep us healthy.

We all need clean water. This week, after the headlines, Patti and Doug speak with attorney and Environment America's water specialist John Rumpler about water quality, the Clean Water Act, Congress, lead pipes, PVC, PFAS and other things that threaten our water supply.

This week on Grassroots Patti and Doug talk with Dr. David Bond about forever chemicals, how (and why) they were created, what the manufacturers knew about their toxicity, and what consumers should know about avoiding them whenever possible.