Did you know that our Environmental Protection Agency is changing science due to corporate capture? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, Melinda Hemmelgarn for her conversation with Maria Doa, PhD, Senior Director of Chemicals Policy at the Environmental Defense Fund, and author of “Disease by a Thousand Cuts: How a daily barrage of chemicals in our food makes us more likely to get sick over time.” Doa spent 30 years at the U.S. EPA and describes changes in the agency during the current Trump administration, including the dismantling of scientific programs. She also discusses the roles of the EPA and FDA re how chemicals are assessed for safety.
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Related Websites:   EPA’s Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-know Act: https://www.epa.gov/epcra