What Mama Wants - Less Toxics, More Health
What Mama Wants is a program that considers how Mother Earth is impacted by toxic chemicals. It is designed to inform and inspire. Interviews with scientists, legislators, citizens and educators are delivered in a way that is straight-forward and not too overwhelming. What Mama Wants shares ideas about possible solutions and how to engage with the community to work toward a healthier planet and population. Each episode is roughly 30 minutes. Each guest's stories inform the public health conversation about PFAS and other toxic pollutants in our daily lives. Kate Manahan is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and came to her environmental activism against toxics through her practice with children and families. Realizing what children were being exposed to felt like a three-alarm fire. She wanted to inform wider audiences and inspire action toward less toxics and more health for all. Thus, What Mama Wants was born in March 2022. Kate has a certificate in audio documentary studies from The Salt Institute. In 2019, her former show called New Mainers Speak, won the second-place award from the Maine Association of Broadcasters for Best Public Affairs Show. Kate is the founder of Thumbprint Audio.
Episodes
Maya discusses strategies for leveraging power to influence soda companies to demand cleaner plastic from the bottle pr...
Defend Our Health has just released an innovative scientific paper (Hidden Hazards: The Ch...
Madison is the author of a book called Mind Body Food, which tells the tale of her journey from a toxic pesticide exposure, as a toddler, through an impaired childhood. She finds yoga ...
Toxic heavy metals (arsenic, manganese, uranium) and man-made chemicals (PFAS) can often be present in our residential we...
Nik thinks about the art of science communication and "climate pollution," as it relates to plastics and local climate change. Located next to a Rachel Carson Nat...
Because of mercury contamination in Maine's waters, the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife has a posted fish consumption health advisory. Since al...
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Dr. Naumoff Shields is HBBF's Director of the program called Bright Cities, reducing toxic exposures on a community level.
She discusses research and engagement the organization has done around toxic-free baby f...
Inspired to stop using toxics in her artwork, Dr. Smith strives to cr...
Mike discusses "greenwashing" and how it relates to the plastics industry. Presently, the oil and petrochemical industries are promoting the idea of "chemical recycling" (aka catalytic pyrolysis of pl...
In 2018 the Portland City Council passed a landcare ordinance to ban toxic pesticide use on both publicly maintained lands (gardens, athletic fields, parks, playgrounds and public lawns) and privately owned land. Residents pushed for...
Dr. Perera wrote this book as a wake-up call, a call to action. From her research, she knows that children are particularly at ris...
Dr. Krithivasan discusses the hidden health hazards from the hundreds of chemicals used to make plastics. For instance, antimony is ...
Mindi Messmer is an environmental and public health scientist (Clinical and Translational Science, MS) so other parents reached out to her when local families began experiencing a tragic pediatric cancer cluster in Rye, NH 2014. Her empathy for their terribly scary situations led her to become involved as a local activist, leader, and public servant.
Mindi Messmer was elected to the New Hampshire House of Repr...
Maine Legislation LD 906: Clean Water For Passamaquoddy Tribe at Sipayik was successfully passed and signed into law on April 21, 2022. After living with unreliable, odorous and toxic drinking water for decades there is ...
Dr. Kriebel discusses the known and suspected health risks associated with tattoo inks, tattoos, and the tattoo removal process. As an epidemiologist, he implores scientists to actually conduct a study so we can use that information to help protect people.
"Although a number of color additives are approved for use in cosme...
Ruth discusses the way having cancer, twice, caused her to ask some broader questions and engag...
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