Artificial Turf: Is It As Healthy As You Think? | Journalists Explain
Finding Genius Podcast
Richard Jacobs
4.4 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 12 July 2023
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Today we are joined by Barbara Laker and David Gambacorta of the Philadelphia Inquirer, a daily newspaper headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They sit down to explain their latest project: outlining the health risks of artificial turf…
Barbara is a reporter for the investigative team at the Philadelphia Inquirer, where she's been since 1993. With years of experience in journalism, she is on a mission to educate her audience on a variety of topics – including the health risks of artificial turf.
David started at the Philadelphia Inquirer in 2005, and over the years, he has contributed to many different news outlets. Much like Barbara, he has covered multiple different subjects, and the risks of artificial turf have also garnered his attention.
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Tune in now to find out:
- How this topic came across Barbara and David's radar.
- The health conditions linked to artificial turf.
- The types of chemicals that are released from artificial turf.
- The effects of artificial turf on sports players' health.
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| 1:44.1 | Foundation. I have two great guests today. I have Barbara Belaker and David Gamba-Corda. They're |
| 1:49.2 | both in the Philadelphia Empire and we're going to talk about our official turf and how it |
| 1:54.1 | not nearly as healthy as we may think and has actually quite a bit of problems with a chemical release |
| 1:59.4 | summit when it's in use. So thank you both for coming. I appreciate it. Thanks for having |
| 2:02.8 | here. If you would, yeah, to start, tell me a bit about both of your backgrounds and why you |
| 2:07.2 | decided to cover these different topics and then we'll focus in on this current topic. I'm |
| 2:10.8 | Barbara Lee. I'm a reporter on the investigative team at the Philadelphia Inquirer. I came to the |
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