HCP: The Right to a Safe & Healthy Environment

10/08/20 • 18 min

Taking arsenic out of baby food seems like a no-brainer. But Tracy Gregoire, director of LDA's Healthy Children Project, explains how long these changes can take. Tune in to hear about Healthy Children Project's past victories, current campaigns, and how they work to make the world a safer, healthier place.
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The LDA Podcast - HCP: The Right to a Safe & Healthy Environment

Transcript

Lauren 00:10

Welcome to the LD month mini series of the LDA podcast, where we're bringing you conversations about support, education and advocacy, LDA's main missions. Today we're talking to Tracy Gregoire, the coordinator of LDA's Healthy Children Project about why it's so difficult to get toxic chemicals out of products to healthy children projects, current projects, and more.

Lauren 00:35

Hello, everyone, I'm here