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September 4, 2009

NPR hosts environmental health expert on toxic chemicals

Public Radio International interviewed Tracey Woodruff, PhD, MPH, for a September 5 broadcast of “Living on Earth,” which focused on endocrine-disrupting chemicals. Woodruff, who is director of the UCSF Program on Reproductive Health and the Environment in the UCSF National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health, discussed the herbicide atrazine and said the Environmental Protection Agency needs to do more about endocrine-disrupting chemicals. Atrazine has been banned in the European Union but is widely used in the United States. Living on Earth is a weekly environmental news and information program that airs on 300 public radio stations, including KQED and KALW in the Bay Area.

http://www.loe.org/shows/shows.htm?programID=09-P13-00036#feature4