FDA Ignores BPA Risks, Warren's Climate Plan, Ross Gay's 'Book of Delights', and more
Food and Drug Admin. Disputes BPA Health Risks / Elizabeth Warren's Climate Plan / Investors Eye Climate Risk / 'Parasite' As Climate Fiction / Beyond the Headlines / The Book of Delights\t\t\t\n\n\nThis week on Living on Earth, scientists charge the FDA with stacking the deck against findings that link the chemical BPA to harmful health effects, ranging from birth defects to cancer. And even "BPA-free" alternatives may pose a risk.\n\n\n\n\nAlso, from healthcare to climate change, Elizabeth Warren has a plan for that. Her $11 trillion climate platform includes plans for a Green New Deal, environmental justice, and ocean health.\n\n\n\n\nPlus -- for a year, poet Ross Gay took a moment almost every day to write about something that delighted him, even in the most unexpected places. These essays comprise his most recent volume, The Book of Delights.\n\n\n\n\nAll that and more, in this episode of Living on Earth from PRX.\n\n\n\n\nFind this week's transcript here: https://loe.org/shows/shows.html?programID=20-P13-00009. . . . \n\n\n***\n\n\nLEARN MORE about these stories and everything in our decades of archives at loe.org. We've got audio, transcripts, links, photos and more! . . .\n\n\nJOIN US at our upcoming live FREE event in Boston March 10 with Harvard law professor Richard Lazarus, on the landmark Massachusetts v. EPA Supreme Court case that found greenhouses gases are air pollutants that can be regulated. RSVP on Facebook or Eventbrite. . . .\n\n\nPITCH IN with your tax-deductible contribution at https://loe.org/about/donate.html. Thank you for your support! . . .\n\n\nFOLLOW US and join the conversation on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. . . .\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices