Current Toxic Free NC Action Alert:

Resolutions for a Toxic Free 2012

(January, 2012)

Selected Action Alert Archives:
(Many have been updated)

2011:

• Toxic Free Gifts for the Holidays: Our Top 10 Green Holiday Gift Ideas (December, 2011)
• Be a Superhero for Safe Chemicals! Ask Senators Hagan and Burr to Co-Sponsor the Safe Chemicals Act of 2011 (November, 2011)
• Be One of the 25 to Help Us Celebrate the School Children's Health Act: Support Toxic Free NC (October, 2011)
• Want Safer Chemicals? It's Your Call! Ask Senators Hagan and Burr to Co-Sponsor the Safe Chemicals Act of 2011 (September, 2011)
• North Carolina Is Sick of Toxic Chemicals! Join the National Day of Action for Safer Chemicals (August, 2011)
• Stop the Polluters Wish List: Urge Governor Purdue to Veto Radical Anti-Environment Legislation! (June, 2011)
• Protect NC's Investment in Local Farms and Local Food: Call your Senator in Support of the Tobacco Trust Fund! (May, 2011)
• Toxic Strawberry Fields Forever? Tell EPA to protect NC farmworkers by ending the use of the toxic and cancer-causing chemical, Methyl Iodide. (March, 2011)
• Every day, 127 North Carolinians are diagnosed with cancer. Tell President Obama to protect us from cancer-causing chemicals. (February, 2011)
• Pesticides in your soap, toothpaste, toys and cosmetics? Oh man! Tell EPA it's time to ban triclosan. (January, 2011)

2010:

• Senator Burr, Stand Up for Kids not Chemicals! (December, 2010)
• North Carolina, It's Time for a Harvest of Dignity (November, 2010)
• Honor Farm Workers at your Harvest Table (October, 2010)
• Toxics Reform Now! Ask your US Representative to Co-sponsor the Toxic Chemicals Safety Act of 2010 (September, 2010)
• Party People Wanted: Throw an Action Party with Toxic Free NC (July, 2010)
• The Ag-Mart case is closed, but farm workers are still at risk. Take Action: Write to the Pesticide Board (June, 2010)
• Toxics Reform Any Mother Would Love - Take Action to Support the Safe Chemicals Act of 2010 (May, 2010)
• Rural kids deserve equal protection from toxic pesticides - Sign the petition to ban chlorpyrifos (March, 2010)
• Spring Dreaming - Join a CSA Farm for 2010 (January, 2010)

2009:

• Justice on the 25th anniversary of the Bhopal disaster - Take action in North Carolina (December, 2009)
• Updated for 2009! Local & Organic Christmas Trees and Wreaths (November, 2009)
• Take Action - Tell EPA to Stop the Toxic Fog! (October, 2009)
• Share your Story: Be a Toxic Free NC Ambassador (September, 2009)
• Readin', Writin' and Riddin' of Bugs. Pests and Pesticides Linger in NC Public Schools? Take action! (Aug/Sept, 2009)
• Victory! S1067: NC Sustainable Local Food Policy Council has passed.
• Avoiding Big Risks for Small Kids: Toxic Free NC report reveals overuse of pesticides in child care. (April, 2009)
• Farm Worker Awareness Week (March, 2009)

2008:

• Organic NC Christmas Trees & Wreaths - Updated for 2008 (November, 2008)
• Eaters Unite for Real Food Month of Action! Take Action for Just & Sustainable Food in your Community (September, 2008)
• Is your school making the grade on pesticides? Take Action Today! (August, 2008)
• Victory for Farmworkers! Please take a moment to thank key players for supporting S 847, Prevent Agricultural Pesticide Exposure (July, 2008)
• Protect Children's Health for Father's Day! Tips for Dads on protecting the whole family from pesticides and other toxics, plus some great gift ideas for your Dad. (May, 2008)
• Say NO to Celebrity & Cause-Related Marketing of Pesticides! (January, 2008)

2007:

• We Want YOU! Be an Ambassador for Just & Sustainable Agriculture in NC (August, 2007)
• Farmworkers deserve better protection from pesticides. Take action to make agricultural workplaces safe for everyone in North Carolina (July, 2007)
• Update: Victory on Migrant Housing Health & Safety! (June, 2007)
• Take Action for Women's Health this Mother's Day! Honoring great women leaders for environmental health, plus some ideas from Toxic Free NC for a healthy, happy Mother's Day. (May, 2007)

2006:

• 20 Ways to Support Pesticide Reform, Health and Justice in North Carolina (October, 2006)
• Organic Lawn 101 (September, 2006)
• Enjoy the Season's Bounty! (August, 2006)
• Victory! Legislature approves School Children's Health Act!
  (July 2006 Update from June 2006 Alert)
• Ag-Mart, Farmworkers and Birth Defects - Get Informed & Take Action: Write a Letter to the Editor (April, 2006)
• Update: Children to gain protection from arsenic-treated wood at child care centers! (Update from February, 2006 alert)

2004:

• Victory: US Youth Soccer Ends ChemLawn Sponsorship! (Update from October, 2004)
• Bush Administration Eases Pesticide Review for Endangered Species (Update from April, 2004 Alert)