What's ahead for the U.S. economy? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with investigative journalist Danny Schechter, author of Plunder: Investigating Our Economic Calamity and the Sub-prime Scandal. Last week, the Treasury Department called for $700 billion to stabilize volatile financial markets. What's in the plan? Is there any transparency? And who's benefiting? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar.
Guest: Danny Schechter, a television producer, independent filmmaker, blogger, and media critic.
Click to Listen: What's ahead for our economy?
Monday, September 22, 2008
Your Call 092208 'The Body Toxic' by Nena Baker
How do toxins affect the human body? On the next Your Call, we'll have a conversation with Nena Baker, author of The Body Toxic: How the Hazardous Chemistry of Everyday Things Threatens Our Health and Well-Being. Almost everything we encounter, including soap, computers, and clothing, contains a dizzying amount of chemicals. Scientists call it a "chemical body burden." How can we lower our exposures to harmful chemicals? And what's the government's role in protecting the public? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.
Guest: Nina Baker, former investigative reporter for The Arizona Republic and The Oregonian and author of The Body Toxic: How the Hazardous Chemistry of Everyday Things Threatens Our Health and Well-Being.
Click to Listen: 'The Body Toxic' by Nena Baker
Guest: Nina Baker, former investigative reporter for The Arizona Republic and The Oregonian and author of The Body Toxic: How the Hazardous Chemistry of Everyday Things Threatens Our Health and Well-Being.
Click to Listen: 'The Body Toxic' by Nena Baker