"Better Living Through Chemistry" was the thinking in a seemingly more innocent time. Today, thousands of chemicals contribute to convenience but, up and downstream of their manufacture, they accumulate in our bodies to unknown effect. Join us as we explore our collective Body Burden: The Uncertain Effects of Untested Chemicals.
Michele Hammond, Scientist and Mother of Two, Had her family tested for chemical body burden
Dick Jackson, Director of the National Center for Environmental Health and professor of Environmental Health at the University of California- Berkeley School of Public Health
Tom Webster, Professor of Environmental Health at Boston University
Monique Harden, Staff attorney for Earth Justice
Peter Orris, Director of the Human Health Effects of Chemicals Project at the World Federation of Public Health Associations
Hilton Kelley, Founder of Community In-Power Development Association
(Click on a guest's name to listen to their full unedited interview.)
Host: Mark Sommer
Senior Producer: Chuck Rogers
Associate Producer: Tammy Rae Scott, Kara Hochner
Production Engineer: Michael Schwartz
Music in this program: open- “Everywhere I Go” by The Black Keys, Fat Possum Records; welcome- “A United Earth I” by Alan Stivell with Yousou N’Dour; Putumayo World Music; insert 1- “Dimension 37” by Chris Surma, courtesy of Chris Surma; insert 2- “Dimension 37” by Chris Surma, courtesy of Chris Surma; break 1- “Short Supply” by Tracy Chapman, Elektra; break 2- “The Oil Fields” by Alex Arrowsmith, Ectoplasmic Records; bottom of the hour billboard- “A United Earth I” by Alan Stivell with Yousou N’Dour, Putumayo World Music; insert 3- “The New Pollution” by Beck, Geffen Records; break 3- “I Hate Pollution” by Jasongs, courtesy of Jasongs;, close and credits- “The Oil Fields” by Alex Arrowsmith, Ectoplasmic Records.
This program was funded by The Park Foundation.
Duration: 55:00 minutes
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Michelle Hammond is a mother of two whose family was body-burden tested in an Oakland Tribune investigation.
Dr. Dick Jackson helps to facilitate The National Center for Environmental Health, which works to maintain and improve the health of Americans through public health, surveillance, research, and education.
Tom Webster is a professor of Environmental Health at Boston University who specializes in exposure routes and health hazards of persistent organic pollutants, especially polybrominated diphenyl ethers ( PBDEs ), and interactions of chemicals. Dr. Webster has examined the “pigpen effect”.
Monique Harden works for Earth Justice, a non-profit public interest law firm. Harden is currently working towards protecting human rights in Mossville, Louisiana by strengthening environmental laws.
The Occupational Health Service Institute (OHSI) works to provide comprehensive occupational and environmental health and safety services to individuals, communities and institutions. Dr. Peter Orris works with OHSI to assist with the problems and needs of minority and disadvantaged workers and communities is an issue that is emphasized within the OHSI.
The Community In-power Development Association (CIDA) is a four year old community organization in Port Arthur , Texas created by Hilton Kelley. Its mission is to help young people “understand the complexities of our government and how they can stand together to make change in our community, obtain their personal goals in business, homeownership, and politics, and address health and environmental issues in our community”.
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