Hosted by Pure Earth
This Twitter Spaces live audio discussion will be hosted on the official Twitter channel of Pure Earth. Visit @pureearthnow or click here to link to the event.
Join experts from Pure Earth, NYU, Consumer Reports, Clean Label Project, Center for Global Development, and Global Alliance on Health and Pollution as they share insights, discuss solutions, and answer your questions. Learn about how pollution travels through the global supply chain, how toxins in food affect children, what brands and regulators should do, and what you can do to protect your family.
Pollution is reaching kitchens all over the world through the global supply chain. The Consumer Reports study, “Your Herbs and Spices Might Contain Arsenic, Cadmium, and Lead,” released in Nov. 2021, was just the latest to raise the issue of toxic heavy metals like lead and mercury being detected in foods in U.S. grocery stores. Earlier in Feb. 2021, a public outcry followed the release of a U.S. Congressional report which revealed widespread contamination of baby foods with dangerous levels of lead, mercury, and other toxic heavy metals. Pure Earth and other experts met with U.S. regulators last year to discuss action, but at present, a bill remains stalled. This discussion will focus on what we can do to accelerate action to protect the food chain, and what consumers can do to protect themselves.
This event precedes our International Women’s Day event on March 8, in which we will be honoring former EPA Administrator Carol Browner and two other powerful advocates leading the fight against pollution.
Moderator:
Dr. Jack Caravanos
Clinical Professor of Environmental Public Health Sciences,
School of Global Public Health, NYU
Panelists include:
Richard Fuller
Founder and CEO, Pure Earth
James E. Rogers Ph.D.
Director of Food Safety Research and Testing, Consumer Reports
Jackie Bowen
Executive Director, Clean Label Project
Rachel Silverman
Policy Fellow, Center for Global Development
Rachael Kupka
Executive Director, Global Alliance on Health and Pollution (GAHP)