Did you know that according to a recent Pew survey, more than 70% of American adults are concerned about exposure to toxic chemicals in their food and drinking water? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn for her conversation with Stacy Malkan, co-founder and editor at the nonprofit public health research group, U.S. Right to Know. Malkan describes how chemical industry lobbyists influence federal policy to favor profits over public health, and exposes the Trump administration’s relationships with Bayer/Monsanto.

Related Websites: https://usrtk.org/pesticides/tracing-bayers-ties-to-power-in-trumps-washington/

Did you know that glyphosate, the active ingredient in Monsanto/Bayer’s herbicide, Roundup, is an endocrine (hormone) disruptor, and antibiotic that negatively affects our gut microbes? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn for her continued conversation with Lee Evslin, MD, FAAP, board-certified pediatrician, Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics, former hospital CEO, and author of Breakfast at Monsanto’s: Is Roundup in our food making us sicker, fatter, and sadder. Evslin reviews research on glyphosate, and how glyphosate gets into our food system, water, air and urine. The American Academy of Pediatrics reports that the presence of glyphosate and other toxic herbicides in food products is the main hazard to children’s health associated with the consumption of GMO-based foods. (Part 2 of 2)

Related Websites: Retraction of Monsanto study: https://www.science.org/content/article/journal-retracts-weed-killer-study-backed-monsanto-citing-serious-ethical-concerns

Did you know that even low-level exposures to commonly used pesticides pose harm to vulnerable populations such as pregnant women and children? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn for her conversation with Lee Evslin, MD, FAAP, board-certified pediatrician, Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics, former hospital CEO, and author of Breakfast at Monsanto’s: Is Roundup in our food making us sicker, fatter, and sadder. Evslin discusses his work in Hawaii which spurred a state ban on the neurotoxic pesticide, chlorpyrifos, and how the chemical industry attempts to discredit even physicians. (Part 1 of 2)

Related Websites: https://www.washington.edu/news/2012/12/19/american-academy-of-pediatrics-issues-policy-statement-on-pesticide-exposure-in-children/