Food Sleuth Radio

Guest Raymon Seidler, Ph.D., former Senior Scientist at the Environmental Protection Agency, Corvallis, OR, and author of Pesticide Use on Genetically Engineered Crops, explains the failed promises and real risks of pesticides used with GMO cropsEnvironmental Working Group

Guest Margaret Carrel, Ph.D., medical geographer and Assistant Professor, University of Iowa, describes her research which investigated residential proximity to confined swine feeding operations and heightened risk for infection with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)Margaret Carrel

Guest Jeff Ritterman, M.D., member, Physicians for Social Responsibility, and former Chief of Cardiology at Kaiser Richmond Medical Center, CA, explores the link between fatal kidney disease among farmers in Central America, Sri Lanka and India and exposure to heavy metals and Monsantos RoundUp herbicideTruth-Out

Guest Mary Jo Forbord, RD, organic farmer and registered dietitian describes the intersection of health and agriculture, and the challenges she faces on her farm, and to public health, from increased pesticide use weapons of mass destruction.Prairie Horizons Farm

Guest Lynn Dornblaser, Director of Innovation and Insight, at Mintel, an international global market research and analysis firm, describes the difference between fads and trends, and her experience tracking and analyzing new food productsMINTEL

Guest Jaydee Hansen: Senior Policy Analyst for the Center for Food Safety discusses how nanotechnology is being applied to foods and food-related products, and lack of regulationCenter for Food Safety

Guest Harold Goldstein: Executive Director, California Center for Public Health Advocacy, describes his work to reduce childhood obesity, specifically targeted on sugar-sweetened beveragesCCPHA

Guest Norma Flores Lopez: Director, Children in the Fields Campaign at the Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs, describes child labor in agriculture, including her own personal experience at age 12Human Rights Watch Report

Guest Robert Shimek: Interim Executive Director of the White Earth Land Recovery Project, and Founder of the Toxic Tater Coalition, discusses the public health consequences associated with pesticides used in potato production in Northern MN.Toxic Taters

Guest Seth Holmes, Ph.D., M.D., anthropologist and author: Fresh Fruit: Broken Bodies: Migrant Farmworkers in the United States, describes the living, working, and health conditions of migrant farm workers. (Part II)Seth Holmes