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Courtney Swan

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
2012 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

The Dr Pompa Podcast
The Food Pyramid Was Designed Backwards On Purpose with Courtney Swan

What's happening right now at the EPA is not good.

The Dr Pompa Podcast
The Food Pyramid Was Designed Backwards On Purpose with Courtney Swan

They are rolling back regulations on PFAS, otherwise known as forever chemicals, in our drinking water.

The Dr Pompa Podcast
The Food Pyramid Was Designed Backwards On Purpose with Courtney Swan

So there was actually, I like to give credit where credit's due.

The Dr Pompa Podcast
The Food Pyramid Was Designed Backwards On Purpose with Courtney Swan

The Biden administration actually started putting in regulations for safer water.

The Dr Pompa Podcast
The Food Pyramid Was Designed Backwards On Purpose with Courtney Swan

And they were regulating PFAS.

The Dr Pompa Podcast
The Food Pyramid Was Designed Backwards On Purpose with Courtney Swan

It's like they got one win under their belt.

The Dr Pompa Podcast
The Food Pyramid Was Designed Backwards On Purpose with Courtney Swan

But they rolled that back.

The Dr Pompa Podcast
The Food Pyramid Was Designed Backwards On Purpose with Courtney Swan

And so there is no safe level of PFAS in our water.

The Dr Pompa Podcast
The Food Pyramid Was Designed Backwards On Purpose with Courtney Swan

For people that don't know what that is, it's something called a forever chemical.

The Dr Pompa Podcast
The Food Pyramid Was Designed Backwards On Purpose with Courtney Swan

And the reason they call that forever chemicals is they never break down in the environment.

The Dr Pompa Podcast
The Food Pyramid Was Designed Backwards On Purpose with Courtney Swan

And in your body.

The Dr Pompa Podcast
The Food Pyramid Was Designed Backwards On Purpose with Courtney Swan

So they essentially live in the environment forever.

The Dr Pompa Podcast
The Food Pyramid Was Designed Backwards On Purpose with Courtney Swan

forever.

The Dr Pompa Podcast
The Food Pyramid Was Designed Backwards On Purpose with Courtney Swan

They are massive endocrine disruptors.

The Dr Pompa Podcast
The Food Pyramid Was Designed Backwards On Purpose with Courtney Swan

We know that they are linked to infertility.

The Dr Pompa Podcast
The Food Pyramid Was Designed Backwards On Purpose with Courtney Swan

We know that they're linked to cancer.

The Dr Pompa Podcast
The Food Pyramid Was Designed Backwards On Purpose with Courtney Swan

They are a big deal.

The Dr Pompa Podcast
The Food Pyramid Was Designed Backwards On Purpose with Courtney Swan

It's so bad, and it's really hard to avoid when it's in your water and it's in your food.

The Dr Pompa Podcast
The Food Pyramid Was Designed Backwards On Purpose with Courtney Swan

The EPA also just allowed two more, they just, what's the word, approved two PFAS-based pesticides for use on food.

The Dr Pompa Podcast
The Food Pyramid Was Designed Backwards On Purpose with Courtney Swan

So on corn, soy, I believe- And under Lee Zeldin, this is this flu, over.