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KBOO
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Air date:
Tue, 07/11/2017 - 10:15am to 11:00am
Investigative news radio with host Dennis Bernstein
Today on Flashpoints, Dr. Ira Helfand, co-president of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, discusses the P3 countries' opposition to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. Then, Lucia Calderon from Californians for Pesticide Reform gives an update on the effort to get California to ban the pesticide chlorpyrifos in the wake of the federal government refusing to do so. Finally, independent journalist Rick Sterling and former CIA analyst Ray McGovern examine the state of US-Russia relations and the implications for the new ceasefire in Syria.