Sharon Lerner appears in the following:
Big Plastic vs. The World
Tuesday, July 30, 2019
Many people are ditching single-use straws and silverware. What is Big Plastic doing to stay afloat?
Cover-Up of Toxic Chemicals in 3M Products
Wednesday, August 08, 2018
Sharon Lerner takes a deep dive into documents from a lawsuit against the company 3M.
Not All Apples Keep the Doctor Away
Thursday, February 02, 2017
Journalist Sharon Lerner discusses her piece “Poison Fruit,” about the evidence that exposure to a Dow pesticide, chlorpyrifos, is linked with dire problems for children.
Johnny Loves Joni
Thursday, December 01, 2016
Performance artist John Kelly on why his impersonation of Joni Mitchell is more of an homage than a parody.
The New Chemical in Your Cookware that's as Toxic as Teflon
Thursday, March 17, 2016
A special investigation revealed that the DuPont chemical introduced in 2009 to replace the Teflon toxin causes many of the same deadly health problems.
How NJ Failed to Regulate Toxic Chemicals in Drinking Water
Friday, August 21, 2015
Sharon Lerner, freelance journalist who covers health and the environment, reports on how Governor Christie quashed efforts to create a safe threshold of chemicals in NJ drinking water.
Family Leave: A Luxury for a Few American Women
Wednesday, August 19, 2015
Only 13 percent of U.S. workers have access to paid family leave through their employers. And nearly one in four American women take less than two weeks off work after giving birth.
Insuring NY's Last Million
Monday, November 17, 2014
The roughly one million New Yorkers who are still uninsured may be the hardest to enroll in the second year of Obamacare.