National Coalition Against
the Misuse of Pesticides presents Erick Umstead
with "Whistleblower Award."
1993
NC Pesticide Board finally
adopts federal Worker Protection Standards -
Toxic Free NC brings farmworkers to testify there
for the first time
1994
Parents in Pitt County
win first school IPM policy in North Carolina
1996
Toxic Free NC helps the
town of Chapel Hill institute IPM in its public
housing
Toxic Free NC forces revisions
of the NC Groundwater Study, finding consistent
pesticide contamination across the state.
1998
Groundbreaking agreement
with electric utilities allows landowners to
refuse herbicide spraying on power lines on their
property.
Photo: Fawn Pattison
(left) and Cathy Jones (right) at Toxic Free NC's
20th Anniversary Celebration. Cathy and her husband
Mike Perry were among the organic farmers who fought
for the right to refuse Right-of-Way spraying of
power lines on their property. Photo by Russell
Gorga.
1999
NC Supreme Court overturns
Meads case, upholding the right of NCDA to regulate
pesticides.
US Pesticide Industry names
Carrboro, NC (Toxic Free NC's then-home) one of
the nation's "Top
10 Anti-Pesticide Hot Spots."
Photo: Chris Gerry,
retired IPM Coordinator for the Town of Carrboro,
accepts the Local Visionary Award at Toxic Free
NC's 20th Anniversary Celebration. Photo by Russell
Gorga.
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