Tony Iton, MD, MPH, Alameda County Public Health Department Director and Health Officer discusses the lessons of the California Newsreel documentary and PBS series Unnatural Causes.

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SHOW INTRODUCTION Most people know that stress kills. But when discussing chronic disease, victims are still blamed for lifestyle improprieties. Is it really possible to talk about lifestyle choices if people living in poverty have no choices? What if you have to take two buses to buy fresh produce and then find prices higher than at suburban markets? And what then if you can get a Happy Meal down the block for 99 cents? Can you exercise outside when people are getting shot in your neighborhood? So maybe this isn't happening in your neighborhood. Are they getting ready to spray your neighborhood for a moth with a product that's killing children and making adults sick for 90 days after? How much stress does it take to reduce a lifespan by ten years? Is it access to health care or lack of control that shortens the lives of so many Americans? Join us today as we discuss longevity and socioeconomic stress as presented on the PBS special “Unnatural Causes.”