Bad Air Polluting Our Brains, Chemicals and the Obesity Epidemic, Team Seas and more
Air pollution causes serious damage to our bodies, sometimes resulting in premature death, and it\u2019s also messing with our minds. Depression, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder are among the mental health problems that researchers have linked to air pollution.\nAlso, a groundbreaking meta-study correlates exposures to plastics containing phthalates with a wide variety of\xa0diseases including mental health problems as well as obesity and diabetes.\nAnd plastic is wreaking havoc on the health of the planet, too, especially in the oceans. Now a group of YouTube influencers calling themselves \u201cTeam Seas\u201d are working together to raise $30 million to try to collect 30 million pounds of trash from the world\u2019s oceans.\n\nJoin the next Living on Earth Book Club event on December 9th at 6:30 p.m.! We'll be speaking with diver-filmmaker Craig Foster about his book Underwater Wild, which captures the underwater world of wonder seen in the Academy Award-winning documentary \u201cMy Octopus Teacher.\u201d Register at loe.org/events\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices