Pesticides and Communities

Pesticide use is a critical environmental justice issue known to cause a myriad of health problems and environmental degradation.

What we are doing

Beyond Toxics is leading a movement to protect human and environmental health. Our goal is to transition beyond harmful synthetic pesticides by working with impacted communities to win local and statewide policy advocacy campaigns.

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Statewide Pesticide Policy

We work with the Oregon Department of Agriculture to advance common sense policies that protect farmworkers and consumers from harmful pesticides.

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Pesticide Exposure Resources

Concrete steps and resources you can take to protect yourself and your family from pesticide exposure.

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Pollinator Health & Food Security

Healthy and diverse pollinator populations are an integral piece in the larger picture of worldwide health and nutrition.

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Pesticide Application WebMap

Historical pesticide applications on Oregon's timber land from 2014-2024. See information about landowners, pesticides applied, and methods.

Projects

A Who's Who of pesticides is therefore of concern to us all. If we are going to live so intimately with these chemicals eating and drinking them, taking them into the very marrow of our bones - we had better know something about their nature and their power.

~ Rachel Carson, Silent Spring