Gorgas community poisoned
by aerial spray disaster
1984
pre-history
Gorgas community wins improvements
in aerial spray rules
Photo: Billie Rogers, Gorgas
community activist and founding Board member of
Toxic Free NC, commemorates the 20th anniversary
of the poisoning of her community with pesticides.
Photo by the News & Observer, taken in 2002.
1986
Toxic Free NC founded as
the Agricultural Resources Center & Pesticide Education
Project by Allen Spalt and Erick Umstead
Photo: Erick Umstead
(left) receives the Founders Award from co-founder
and Board president Allen Spalt at Toxic Free NC's
20th Anniversary celebration. Photo by Russell
Gorga.
1987
Billie Rogers testifies before
legislative study committee on pesticides
1988
Pesticide Board challenged
for closed meetings (for the first of several times)
1989
NC establishes Genetic Engineering
Review Board, Jane Sharp appointed to represent
the public interest
Photo: Jane Sharp
MacRae accepts the Founders Award at Toxic Free NC's
20th Anniversary Celebration. Photo by Russell Gorga.
