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Uncategorized / 19 July 2023 by John

A Brief and Recent Environmental Health History – Explorations

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  • A Brief and Recent Environmental Health History – Podcast
  • A Brief and Recent Environmental Health History – Essay
  • Complexities Essay

Podcast

Rachel Carson, Theo Colborn, Pete Myers, Carol Kwiatkowski, Arlene Blum, and Lois Gibss are featured in this brief story of environmental health history.

Self-select one chapter of choice each from:

Books

  • Carson, Rachel L. Silent Spring. Mifflin, 1962. 
  • Colborn, Theo, et al. Our Stolen Future: Are We Threatening Our Fertility, Intelligence, and Survival?: A Scientific Detective Story. Dutton, 1999. 
  • Gibbs, Lois, and Murray Levine. Love Canal: My Story. State University of New York Press, 1982. 
Self-select two of the various elements listed below:

Long Version Interviews

Arlene Blum, Green Science Policy Institute

Lois Gibbs, Center for Health, Environment, and Justice

Carol Kwiatkowski, The Endocrine Disruption Exchange, Green Science Policy Institute

Articles

  • “Playing with Fire,” Chicago Tribune series on toxic flame retardants

Videos

  • Arlene Blum, Purpose Prize Winner
  • Dark Waters (rent or buy) film about Dupont polluting farms.
  • Erin Brockovbich (rent or buy) film about a woman who defended a polluted community.
  • The Goldman Prize video “Lois Gibbs”
  • “The Love Canal Disaster: Toxic Waste in the Neighborhood” | Retro Report | The New York Times
  • The Male Predicament – Theo Colborn
  • Silkwood film about Karen Silkwood, whistleblower a a nuclear plant that leaked radiation.
  • Toxic Hot Seat – About the Chicago Tribune series on toxic flame retardants. ROCO Films charges $50 for a one time screening.

Other Podcasts

  • Toxic Avengers with Daniel Rosenberg – Long time environmental health stalwart Daniel Rosenberg interviews environmental health and environmental justice advocates. 

Websites

  • Center for Health, Environment and Justice (Lois Gibbs)
  • Coming Clean
  • Critical Windows of Development (Theo Colborn, Carol Kwiatkowski)
  • Environmental Health News (Pete Myers)
  • Green Science Policy Institute (Arlene Blum, Carol Kwiatkowski)
  • Planetary Health Alliance Education Materials
  • Science Communication Network (Pete Myers) 
  • SUDOC (Pete Myers)
  • The Endocrine Disruption Exchange (Theo Colborn, Carol Kwiatkowski)
  • Wingspread Conference on the Precautionary Principle

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Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals (EDCs) 
Chemicals that interfere with the endocrine systems, impacting hormonal systems such as thyroid, immune systems, neurological and reproductive systems, even at low doses, and other health systems.

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