The comfortable chair that I just bought and sit in for hours each day is giving me a sore throat…
BLOG: Helicopter herbicide sprays are poisoning Oregon…is it rigged or is it rogue?
Two years ago, there was little public awareness about the common industrial practice of using helicopters to spray thousands of…
Oregon agencies cite multiple pesticide violations and levy fines against helicopter company in a worker whistleblower case
Highly toxics pesticides should not be sprayed on workers, but the Oregon Department of Agriculture concluded that is what Oregon-based…
Oregon must address environmental in-justice, starting with a response to a Southern Oregon forum
Poverty, hunger and gang violence in Central America and Mexico have persisted for decades. According to the Pew Research Center,…
The Bee, the Puppy and You!
This week national environmental leaders in bee protection, including Beyond Toxics, signed on to letters sent to Ace and True…
The Humble Bumble Gets Its Own Day of Gratitude
Have you been enjoying watching the furry bumble bees visiting your garden flowers? They seem to be out-and-about, buzzing the…
Oregon Rain (a guest blog)
I stand at my kitchen sink, looking out the window as I fill a glass of water. I live in Rockaway…
Low-wattage legislators dim the lights on forestry practices reform
A year ago the editors of the Register Guard urged Oregon legislators to “shine a light on forest sprays.” Our…
Chilling … public health ignored
Over the past year, the issue of exposure to toxic soups of herbicides and other chemicals from aerial helicopter sprays…
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