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Toxic
Free NC Timeline: The 1990's
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| 1991 |
National Coalition Against
the Misuse of Pesticides presents Erick Umstead
with "Whistleblower Award." |
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1993 |
NC Pesticide Board finally
adopts federal Worker Protection Standards -
Toxic Free NC brings farmworkers to testify there
for the first time |
1994
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Parents in Pitt County
win first school IPM policy in North Carolina |
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1996
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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. |
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1998
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Groundbreaking agreement
with electric utilities allows landowners to
refuse herbicide spraying on power lines on their
property.
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1999
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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."
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>>Toxic Free NC Timeline: The
1980s - The 1990s - The
2000s
Toxic Free News is a publication of
Toxic Free North Carolina
115 South St. Mary's St., Suite D, Raleigh, NC 27603, (919) 833-5333, Toll-free
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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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