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PPC Webinar | The Plastic Detox: A Conversation About Plastic & Health

April 9 , 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm EDT

In the new documentary The Plastic Detox, six couples experiencing infertility embark on a journey to lower their plastic intake in hopes of improving their health and chances of pregnancy. The documentary features scientists and community organizers, as they explore how microplastics and their chemicals are impacting our health and the wider issue of plastic pollution.


On Thursday, April 9, Plastic Pollution Coalition, in collaboration with the Oceanic Preservation Society, will host a webinar with the film’s co-director, Louie Psihoyos, environmental and reproductive epidemiologist Shanna H. Swan, Ph.D., and environmental justice leader Reverend Lennox Yearwood Jr. Together, they will discuss the latest science about plastics and human health, the far-reaching impacts of the plastic pollution crisis, and the practical steps people can take to “Unplastic Your Life.” This webinar will be moderated by Dianna Cohen, Co-Founder and Chief Vision Officer, Plastic Pollution Coalition.

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Date: Thurs, April 9
Time: 2-3 pm PT | 5-6 pm ET
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Panelists

Louie Psihoyos, Co-Director, The Plastic Detox

Louie Psihoyos (he/him) is recognized as one of the world’s leading photographers and documentary filmmakers. Hired straight out of college by National Geographic, he spent 18 years creating iconic images for the magazine. An avid diver and underwater photographer, Psihoyos has dedicated his career to revealing the environmental challenges facing our planet. His first documentary, The Cove, won the Academy Award for Best Documentary in 2009 and more than 75 international awards. He followed with Racing Extinction, which exposed the global wildlife extinction crisis and earned Emmy and Academy Award nominations. Psihoyos later directed The Game Changers, executive produced by James Cameron, a global hit that helped spark worldwide interest in plant-based diets. He also directed Mission: Joy, featuring Archbishop Desmond Tutu and the Dalai Lama. Most recently, Psihoyos directed the Netflix series You Are What You Eat: A Twin Experiment, which reached over 50 million viewers worldwide and ranked in the Global Top 10 across dozens of countries.

Dr. Shanna Swan, Reproductive Epidemiologist

Dr. Shanna Swan (she/her) is an environmental and reproductive epidemiologist. Her work examines the impact of environmental exposures on reproductive health and neurodevelopment. Since 1998, Dr. Swan has conducted multi-center pregnancy cohort studies, which now include more than 1,500 mothers and their children, to better understand how prenatal and early childhood exposure to stressors can impact children’s health and development. In 2017, Dr. Swan and colleagues published Temporal Trends in Sperm Count: a systematic review and meta-regression analysis. In 2021 Dr. Swan and co-author Stacey Colino published Count Down: How Our Modern World Is Threatening Sperm Counts, Altering Male and Female Reproductive Health, and Imperiling the Future of the Human Race, which has been translated into nine languages. Dr. Swan is committed to broadening the impact of this science to protect the health of all segments of society.

Rev. Lennox Yearwood Jr., President & CEO, Hip Hop Caucus

Rev. Lennox Yearwood Jr. is President & CEO of Hip Hop Caucus, a minister, community activist, U.S. Air Force veteran, and a leading voice in Hip Hop political life. He founded Hip Hop Caucus in 2004 to build power for communities most impacted by injustice and to elevate Hip Hop culture in civic life. Under his leadership, the organization launched Respect My Vote!, the longest-running Hip Hop voter engagement program, registering and mobilizing tens of thousands of young voters since 2008. After Hurricane Katrina, he led the Gulf Coast Renewal Campaign, protecting survivors’ rights and advancing recovery. A national leader in climate justice, Rev. Yearwood has fought fossil fuel expansion, championed clean water and air, and co-founded Think 100%, Hip Hop Caucus’ climate communications platform. He is also the host of the award-winning podcast The Coolest Show, Senior Advisor to Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Beyond Petrochemicals Campaign, and a strategist for racial and climate justice.

Moderator

Dianna Cohen, Co-Founder and Chief Vision Officer, Plastic Pollution Coalition

Dianna Cohen (she/her) is Co-Founder and Chief Vision Officer of Plastic Pollution Coalition (PPC) and a passionate advocate for a world free from plastic pollution. A Los Angeles based visual artist, Dianna has shown her work internationally at galleries, foundations, and museums. She uses plastic in her artwork to make a visual and social impact. Using plastic bags as her primary artistic medium for more than 30 years, Dianna is interested in exploring its materiality through modifications and the material’s relationship to culture, media, toxicity, and the world at large and shared this in her 2010 TED talk “Tough Truths About Plastic Pollution.”

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