21: Plastic Redesign: It's time for a new 3Rs with Pete Myers, PhD

The single most important thing for us to do about the general chemical and plastic issue is to redesign plastic. - Pete Myers Join me in this episode as we unravel the chemicals that are in plastics with Dr. Pete Myers. He is the founder and Chief Scientist of Environmental Health Sciences.  In this conversation, he summarizes the presentation he did at the UNWRAPPED Conference. He talks about the challenges in dealing with the rate of global plastic productions. He also talks about redesigning plastics and the new 3Rs. Lastly, Dr. Pete shares how we can help chemists in creating safer materials and make meaningful changes that positively impact our health, society and the planet. In this Episode, We Discuss: Low dose chemicals and high dose chemicals Effects of BPA Redesigning plastics The new 3Rs The future of the plastic industry   Get to know Pete Myers: Dr. Pete Myres is the founder, CEO of DailyClimate.org and Chief Scientist of Environmental Health Sciences, a not-for-profit organization that promotes public understanding of advances in scientific research on links between the environment and human health. He co-wrote "Our Stolen Future", a book that explores the scientific basis of concern for how contamination threatens fetal development with Dr. Theo Colborn and Dianne Dumanoski.   References from this episode: Environmental Health News Mamavation Green Enough: Eat Better, Live Cleaner, Be Happier -- All Without Driving Your Family Crazy! by Leah Segadie   --- Did you enjoy today's episode? Thanks for listening! Be sure to subscribe on your favorite podcast app to get notified immediately when a new episode comes out! If you enjoyed the Mercast, please click here to leave a review and share this episode with a friend! I hope you spend some time in nature today! I'll catch you next time. Subscribe to The Mercast ++ Apple Podcasts ++ Spotify ++ Castbox