Toxic Free News - Winter 2006


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Toxic Free NC Timeline: The 2000's

2002	Toxic Free NC has illegal appointment to NC Pesticide Board removed by Governor Easley
2003	Proposal to roll back regulations of aerial spraying defeated by Toxic Free NC and its coalition of allies Photo: Cropduster over an NC cotton field. Photo by Erick Umstead
2004	Memorandum of Understanding to promote IPM in NC public schools
2005	Parents in Durham & Orange Counties win IPM policies in their school districts Toxic Free NC launches Latino Outreach Program and offers all resources in Spanish NC Pediatric Society presents Toxic Free NC with "Good for Kids Award." Top photo: Durham student writing to her Superintendent to ask for an IPM policy. Photo by Billie Karel. Bottom photo: Toxic Free NC intern Rito Escareño (left) and Alfredo Acosta (right), a farmworker who participated in Toxic Free NC's survey project in 2006.

2006	School Children's Health Act passes NC legislature unanimously - IPM and pesticide notification required in all NC public schools NC Center for Nonprofits presents Toxic Free NC with "Nonprofit Sector Stewardship Award." The Independent Weekly presents Toxic Free NC with "Citizen Award." Top photo: Representative Grier Martin accepts the Legislative Leadership Award for his work on the School Children's Health Act. Photo by Russell Gorga, taken at Toxic Free NC's 20th Anniversary Celebration. Bottom photo: Toxic Free NC's staff, Alejandra Gómez (left), Billie Karel (center), and Fawn Pattison (right). Photo by Lissa Gotwals, courtesy of the Independent Weekly.

>>Toxic Free NC Timeline: The 1980s - The 1990s - The 2000s

Winter 2006 Contents: Toxic Free NC Celebrates 20 Years, Toxic Free NC Timeline, 1986 - 2006; Pesticide News Briefs, Recent Honors, Thank You Volunteers

Toxic Free News is a publication of
Toxic Free North Carolina
206 New Bern Place, Raleigh, NC 27601, (919) 833-5333, Toll-free 1-877-NO-SPRAY
http://www.toxicfreenc.org

Mission: Toxic Free NC advocates for alternatives to toxic pesticides in North Carolina by empowering people to make sound decisions about their health and environment.

Staff: Communications Associate: Alejandra Gómez; Program Coordinator: Billie Karel; Executive Director: Fawn Pattison; Intern: Katie Magee

Board of Directors: Allen Spalt, President; Katherine M. Shea, Vice President; Colleen Boudreau, Treasurer; Annette Hiatt; Mindy Hiteshue; Cathy Jones; Omar Laínez; Annie O'Leary; Michelle Nowlin; Billie Rogers, Emeritus; Jane Sharp MacRae, Emeritus; Erick Umstead, Emeritus.

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