Toxic Turf with Barbara Laker & David Gambacorta

Giant plastic fields of artificial turf are an environmental nightmare - toxic for humans and devastating for the environment.

This week on Green Street Patti and Doug talk about why processed foods are so addictive, and how telecoms are getting rid of copper land lines. Then investigative reporters Barbara Laker and David Gambacorta talk about their series in the Philadelphia Inquirer about artificial turf and members of the Phillies baseball team who all developed brain cancer after years of playing on the field.

Toxic Turf podcast

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Links from the interview:

• PFAS in Veterans Stadium turf:https://www.fox29.com/news/investigative-report-dangerous-chemicals-pfas-veterans-stadium-turf

• Barbara Laker:https://www.inquirer.com/author/laker_barbara/

• David Gambacorta:https://www.inquirer.com/author/gambacorta_david/

• Firefighters at risk of contact with forever chemicals:https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2024/01/wear-and-tear-may-cause-firefighter-gear-release-more-forever-chemicals

• PAH in car tires:https://www.greencarcongress.com/2012/03/pah-20q2.html

• Athletes are exposed to PFAS on artificial turf fields:https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/mar/15/athletes-higher-pfas-levels-artificial-turf

  
  

Links from the news:

• Are ultra-processed foods as addictive as cigarettes?:https://lsa.umich.edu/psych/news-events/all-news/faculty-news/are-ultra-processed-foods-as-addictive-as-cigarettes-.html#:~:text=Highly%20processed%20foods%20are%20addictive,addiction%20to%20ultra%2Dprocessed%20foods.

• AT&T application to stop serving landline phones denied:https://apnews.com/us-news/california-at-t-inc-general-news-0696df6b89506bc0ed367866dbe00cca#:~:text=California's%20Public%20Utilities%20Commission%20rejected,California%20was%20“fatally%20flawed.”