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June 4, 2009 R-G Editorial
Supporting SB637

 

Pesticides Campaign


NEWS FLASH: Oregon House passes pest management for schools

 

Pesticides = Poison

Did you know over 40 million pounds of pesticides were sprayed in Oregon in 2007(1)? That's bad news.

Consider the following:

  • Medical studies show many pesticides cause cancer, asthma, birth defects, and developmental disabilities.
  • Pesticide use has been linked to bee die-offs, salmon run extinction, frog reproductive issues, and many more examples of environmental destruction.
  • The EPA and other government bodies responsible for regulating pesticide use acknowledge pesticides are damaging to humans and the environment, yet they still allow these pesticides to be used.
  • Pesticides are everywhere. They drift beyond the site they were intended for into surrounding areas and beyond. They're found in our streams, our land, and in our bodies.

What Oregon Toxics Alliance is doing

Oregon Toxics Alliance is working to educate public officials and the public at large to the dangers of pesticides.  We’re searching for natural and safe alternatives.  We're working to reduce pesticide use and drift in public spaces such as schools, government buildings and public roadways. We're working to protect the health of ourselves, our children, and the planet we live on.

To learn more about our multi-faceted Pesticide Campaign, select your area of interest:

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(1) 2007 PURS Report


Multimedia Clips

Tom Kerns, PhD*
spoke to the (Eugene, OR)
Southeast Neighbors meeting on environment and human rights
(for video, click on image below)

Tom Kerns, PhD

Hear Lisa Arkin, OTA Executive Director, interviewed about pesticides and environmental justice on
Jefferson Public Radio on April 21, 2009
(for audio click on image below)

AM 1280 Jefferson Public Radio

*Tom Kerns, PhD is a board member of the Oregon Toxics Alliance and Executive Director of Environment and Human Rights Advisory. Dr. Kerns is also Philosophy Professor at Seattle Community College and teaches online courses, including Introduction to Bioethics and Environment and Human Rights. He is author of Environmentally Induced Illnesses: Ethics, Risk Assessment and Human Rights (McFarland, 2001) and served as commissioner on the New Zealand People’s Inquiry in 2006.