Here's the audio file (MP3/16.9MB/1:14:01) for this Friday, October 17, 2008, session: Download C1_EnvHealth
Phthalates in rubber duckies. Bisphenol A in baby bottles. Lead in toys. Flame retardants in furniture. Fetuses and young children are the most sensitive of all to the effects of toxic substances, and consumers are beginning to take action on their own in the absence of regulations. Come listen to the latest about the risks to children's health.
Moderator: Marla Cone, Editor in Chief, Environmental Health News, former Environmental Writer, Los Angeles Times and Author, Silent Snow
Panelists:
Marc Edwards, Charles Lunsford Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Virginia Tech
Philip Landrigan, Professor and Chairman, Department of Community & Preventive Medicine, and Professor of Pediatrics and Director, Children's Environmental Health Center, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Phil Shabecoff, Author, Poisoned Profits
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