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Pollution & Plastics
Publisher |
Naked Scientists
Media Type |
audio
Publication Date |
Feb 07, 2010
Episode Duration |
00:59:30
Could plastics be polluting your body? This week, we hear how hormone-mimicking chemicals leaching from plastics can cause coronaries, strokes and diabetes. Even the plastic mineral water bottle isn't safe - snails grown in them produce more offspring. Also, how oestrogen in lakes can feminize fish and cause their populations to plummet, Meera takes a trip to the sewage works to see how we clean up our act and, in Kitchen Science, Ben and Dave play with mud to find out how a water filter works. Plus, the hot news this week: how sperm get turned on, recreating colourful dinosaurs and... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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