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Your Body is Filled with Plastic, with Judith Enck
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FACTUALLY Dec 10, 2025

Your Body is Filled with Plastic, with Judith Enck

Powering America's Future | Semafor Events
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Semafor Podcasts Dec 10, 2025

Powering America's Future | Semafor Events

"The Problem with Plastic": How Pollution Is Worsening Climate Crisis & Hurting Our Health
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Democracy Now Video Dec 8, 2025

"The Problem with Plastic": How Pollution Is Worsening Climate Crisis & Hurting Our Health

"The Problem with Plastic": Former EPA Official on How to Save the Planet Before It's Too Late
Democracy Now Dec 8, 2025

"The Problem with Plastic": Former EPA Official on How to Save the Planet Before It's Too Late

We speak with former EPA regional administrator Judith Enck about her new book, The Problem with Plastic: How We Can Save Ourselves and Our Planet Before It’s Too Late. “Scientists have found microplastics in our blood, our kidneys, our lungs,” says Enck. “They’ve been found in heart arteries, and if it’s attached to plaque, you have an increased risk of heart attack, stroke, premature death.” Enck says plastic is a “political” issue shaped by the powerful “chemical, fossil fuel, plastics industry — and consumer brands.”