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What’s behind the rise in Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s? Lifetime exposure to toxic chemicals in the environment such as fossil fuel pollution, as it turns out. This according to a new report from the Science and Environmental Health Network and Greater Boston Physicians for Social Responsibility. Today, CWR co-host Francesca Rheannon speaks with the report’s lead author, Jill Stein, who heads the Massachusetts Coalition for Healthy Communities. Dr. Stein also ran for governor of the commonwealth in 2002 on the Green-Rainbow ticket, as well as Secretary of State in 2006.
Massachusetts Coalition for Healthy Communities
Report: Environmental Threats to Healthy Aging
Listen to the complete 40-minute interview with Jill Stein
CWR Headlines:
Today’s CWR Headlines feature an interview with ClimateProgress blogger Joe Romm of the Center for American Progress.
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