Our Work

We have four areas of program work to pursue our goals:

Pesticide Reform Campaign Forestry Pesticide Project Save Oregon’s Bees Project Chemical Trespass and Human Rights (includes videos and written stories of chemical trespass) The Oregon Pesticide Action Working Group, a network of Oregonians from several rural counties working on pesticide drift, body burden, water quality, highway spray, and more. Safe Public Places Project (successfully passed into Oregon law June 4, 2013)

Environmental Justice Campaign The West Eugene Industrial Corridor Environmental Justice Project Worker Justice Is Environmental Justice Human rights, pollution and climate change Climate Justice

Air Quality Campaign Air Toxics Pollution Healthy Air Oregon Biomass and Air Impacts; Biomass and climate change

Healthy Homes Campaign Information about and alternatives to dangerous household products and chemical cleaners lurking in your home. See our listing–> Toxic Beauty and Body Care Products. See our listing–>

How we do our work 

Beyond Toxics works to see that job growth does not, in reality, lead to pollution growth. When an Oregon community faces a potentially harmful activity or facility, we can help them address the risk for harm by:

• Working to ensure a strong consideration of environmental justice and everyone’s right to clean air, water, land and food.
• Exercising the community’s right-to-know about what is released into their air, water and soil.
• Employing alternative assessments that lead to toxics-use reduction and elimination.
• Infusing the precautionary principle into all policy decisions, at every level of government.
• Helping neighborhoods and communities get educated and organized by holding town halls, forums, film series and rallies.
• Building empowerment through trainings, actions and working groups.

Communities are often confronted with a false dichotomy: choose between jobs or clean air; economic growth or a healthy environment. This is an outdated paradigm.

Summary of Our Campaigns

• Read about ways you can get involved
• See the video about Beyond Toxics
• See what people are saying about us
• Beyond Toxics In the News
• How we are seen…Leadership for a Clean and Just Oregon (2012 flyer of media coverage, testimonials, business support)
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• We are proud members of the Oregon Conservation Network, a group of over 40 groups working together on shared environmental priorities. Read the highlights of our 2013 agenda.

Won’t you join us in imagining, and working for, a world beyond toxics?

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Beyond Toxics is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and all contributions are fully tax-deductible. Please consider giving a gift of a Beyond Toxics membership to a friend or family member!