In this episode, Patty explores the intersection between environmental justice and public health. She is joined in the studio by Monica Vohmann, a practicing family medicine physician and member of […]
The Great Lakes: Ecology and Public Health
The Great Lakes covers 94,000 square miles of surface area and accounts for twenty percent of the world’s fresh surface water. In many ways, their health is our health. Today […]
Not Your Grandfather’s Beer: Microplastics Contamination Now Ubi...
Plastic is a remarkable substance. It can be formed into any shape, never degrades, is strong, pliable, lightweight and cheap to produce. The same qualities that make plastic so useful, […]
Bill Would Roll Back State Air Pollution Regulations
The bill gives the Department of Natural Resources three years to repeal any air pollution regulations that go beyond federal regulations. A Republican author of the bill Sen. Duey Stroebel […]
Great Lakes Coalition: Healing Our Waters
The Laurentian Great Lakes are home not only to the earth’s largest area of freshwater, and a diverse and complex ecosystem, but also to North America’s largest agglomeration of urban […]