Resources

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Beyond Toxics Reports:

• As bees die, we must act swiftly to end the poisoning of our world (PDF)
  A 5-Point Plan to Protect Public Health from Air Toxics and Improve Permitting and Reporting by Lisa Arkin (PDF)
  10 Steps You Need to Take When Suspecting Pesticide/Herbicide Drift  by Lisa Arkin (PDF)

Save Oregon’s Bees:

• Support the Oregon Pollinator Protection Act (PDF)
• Join Oregon Pollinator Protection Alliance: Individual Interest
• Join Oregon Pollinator Protection Alliance: Business/Non-profit Interest
• Cultivating a Bee-Friendly Wildflower Garden (PDF)
• TOP 10 home garden bee-killing products to avoid (PDF)

Pesticide Reform:

• Gardeners Beware 2014 (report from Friends of The Earth, USA)
• Oregon’s Industrial Forests and Herbicide Use: A Case Study of Risk to People, Drinking Water and Salmon (15Mb PDF)
• Assessing Environmental Impact Quotients for Pesticide Use on State Highways in Lane County
• LAURELWOOD GOLF COURSE: Non-Compliance with the Integrated Pest Management Policies of the City of Eugene, Oregon
• Washington Park and Pesticides-City of Eugene
• Protecting Health in Your Community: A Guidebook for Organizing for Pesticide Reform
• WARNING! Hazards to Children: Pesticides in Our Schools

Environmental Justice:

• Environmental Justice in West Eugene: Families Health and Air Pollution (released July 2013)
• Brownfield Redevelopment and Community Involvement: A Case Study in the City of Eugene, Oregon (June 2013 – a Beyond Toxics and Centro Latino Americano Environmental Justice White Paper)
• ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE IN WEST EUGENE: Families, Health and Air Pollution (2012 data report)
• Environmental Justice campaign report to the U.S. EPA (2010-2011)

Our Campaign Resources (reports, news, opinion, brochures)

• Forestry Pesticides (home page)
• Environmental Justice
• Save Oregon’s Bees
• Healthy Air Oregon
• Healthy Homes

VIDEOS

“Timber’s Cover-Up: The Truth About Oregon Forests” (4:35)
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A YouTube video of Tyrone Hayes’ University of Oregon keynote address, “From Silent Spring to Silent Night: Of Toads and Men” (1 hr., 40 min.) recorded by University of Oregon

“A Poisoned Paradise” – documentary about Cedar Valley pesticide trespass by Nick Sanchez:
A Poisoned Paradise (11 min.)

• Poisoned Roads (6 min.)
• A Toxic Legacy: Environmental Justice in West Eugene (12 minutes)
• An interview with Dr. Sandra Steingraber (3 clips):
  Parenting & Chemicals in Our Environment (2:20)
  Human Rights & The Environment (2:49)
  The Role of Government in Protecting Us from Chemical Trespass (1:22)

Opinion (Beyond Toxics staff)

• Read our BLOGS (chronological order)

Published in press:

• GUEST EDITORIAL (Register-Guard): “Senate bill offers protection from aerial sprays” by Lisa Arkin
• GUEST EDITORIAL (Oregonian/OregonLive): “Oregon needs local toxics-reporting laws” by Mary O’Brien and Lisa Arkin
• GUEST VIEWPOINT (Eugene Register-Guard): “Legislature fails to address forest spray fixes” By Lisa Arkin
• COMMENTARY (OregonLive): Oregon Forest Practices Act needs to be updated: Guest opinion by Lisa Arkin
• GUEST VIEWPOINT (R-G): New pesticide reduction law a significant win – by Lisa Arkin

INTERVIEWS

• Lisa Arkin and Eugene City Councilor George Brown were interviewed about the City of Eugene resolution to ban neonics on city property (Jefferson Exchange Radio hour on March 10th, 2014; if you missed it, you can hear the full show here).
• Hear the 2014 KPNW radio report from Stu Allen interviewing City Counselor Claire Syrett (mp3 file requires audio player plug-in; audio courtesy of KPNW Radio Eugene)
• Pesticide Use On Private Forests In Oregon – radio interview with Lisa Arkin and Peter Hayes Jefferson Public Radio (Dec. 20, 2013; mp3 audio opens and plays within a new web page)
• Lisa Arkin interviewed on Jefferson Exchange Radio: Campaigning For A Ban On Neonicotinoids (aired November 20, 2013; mp3 audio opens and plays within a new web page)
• Hear Lisa Arkin interviewed on Jefferson Public Radio about the plight of honey bees and National Honey Bee Day (aired Aug. 15, 2013; mp3 audio opens and plays within a new web page)
• Health and Health Care Forum hosted by Roberta Hall interviewed Lisa Arkin and Alison Guzman (KBOO radio – Portland)
• States struggle with highway shoulders as resistance to herbicides mounts – A Public Radio International interview with Lisa Arkin, Exec. Director (aired July 16, 2012; mp3 file)
• Jefferson Public Radio interview with Lisa Arkin about the pesticide awareness rallies in two counties – Jefferson Public Radio (aired Feb.11, 2012; mp3 file)

OTHER

• Our children’s health is more important than perfect lawns by Lisa Arkin (Fall 2018 newsletter)
• We are proud members of the Oregon Conservation Network, a group of over 40 non-profits working together on shared environmental priorities. Read the highlights of our 2013 agenda. | MORE
• Pesticide Factsheets – from Northwest Center for Alternatives to Pesticides (NCAP) listed alphabetically
• People for Puget Sound have a great set of Fact Sheets (from their TURNING THE TIDE ON TOXICS campaign) to help you find alternatives for the toxics you might find in and around your home
• Resources for fresh, healthy food in the Willamette Valley (source: Willamette Farm and Food Coalition)
• Chemical Policy Reform database from the Environmental Working Group (consumer products oriented)
• Environmental Working Group “Skin Deep” cosmetics database
• Problems with mold? Three publications might help…
  “A Brief Guide To Mold, Moisture and Your Home” (PDF)
  MORE on mold from the state Office of Environmental Public Health
  Home Moisture Problems (OSU Extension Service) – PDF

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