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For the press: to contact OTA, please call or email:
Lisa Arkin, Executive Director
Oregon Toxics Alliance
Phone 541-465-8860
info@oregontoxics.org | www.OregonToxics.orgOregon Toxics Alliance
Oregon Toxics Alliance (OTA) is an Oregon-based non-profit dedicated to fighting for greater awareness of the presence of toxics in our air, water, food and bodies and the danger toxics represent to our environmental health.OTA’s Mission:
Oregon Toxics Alliance works to guarantee environmental protections and health for all communities and residents, regardless of their background, income or where their home is located. We expose root causes of toxic pollution and help communities find solutions that are appropriate to their needs.OTA’s Vision:
We envision a future in which all Oregonians:• Know about the pollutants they are exposed to in our air, water, food and consumer products; the sources of those pollutants; and the health impacts of short and long term exposure.
• Guarantee an equal right for each and every human to have clean air, clean water, unpolluted soils, safe consumer products and a healthy community in which to live.
• Prioritize a child’s health as the standard by which decisions are made regarding the use and disposal of toxic chemicals.
• Choose the least toxic alternatives available for products used in homes, businesses and public facilities.
• Participate actively in decision-making processes that impact public and environmental health.
• Hold our elected officials and regulatory agencies accountable to enforce environmental protection, pollution prevention and clean-up laws.
• Hold our elected officials and regulatory agencies accountable to promoting laws, policies and technologies that provide protections for environmental and human health.What We Do
OTA was founded in 2001 and has since played a unique organizing role in Oregon: We put equal emphasis (and equal resources) into environmental justice engagement and community-based environmental research with the intent to influence state policy reform. We fulfill our mission by building social justice concerns into all environmental decision-making, thereby uniting the goals of human rights and environmental protection in all our work.About OTA
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The Safe Public Places Campaign aims to dramatically limit the use of pesticides on public land by implementing strong Integrated Pest Management protocols. OTA’s project calls for a 70% reduction in the amount of pesticides used in parks, in and around public buildings and on public roads – all state agencies and universities must comply! Our public and elected leaders need to hear from each and every one of us that we can no longer allow pesticides and other industrial toxics to accumulate in the soil, water, air and in our bodies. Oregon Toxics Alliance is joining with citizens, concerned businesses, NGOs and (especially) a host of organic farmers from all over the state to convince state agencies to reduce their use of pesticides. By working together, we can better protect the future of our organic farms, our children and our environment. |
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This project promises to create a new era of cooperation between environmental groups and those working for social justice in the Willamette Valley. In close partnership with Centro LatinoAmericano, OTA launched the West Eugene Industrial Corridor Environmental Health Project. this collaborative project received an Environmental Justice grant from the US Environmental Protection Agency, one of only six awarded in the entire Northwest. The project grew out of concerns expressed from neighbors in the area of West Eugene immediately downwind from a proposed biomass energy plant, which is scheduled to start burning forest by-products in 2011. MORE--> |
Once they learn about the hefty environmental impact from idling – emissions that foul the air and increase greenhouse gases – many businesses and elected leaders are joining OTA's Healthy Air Oregon campaign (HAO). A key component of HAO is to adopt a No Idling policy. Our HAO project is a proven solution for cleaner air in Oregon's urban centers. Oregon businesses, large and small, promise to do their part for cleaner air, including taking the No Idling pledge and educating their customers. We're making great strides in working with governments to take action for better air quality. The Department of Environmental Quality has begun the Director's No Idling Challenge! The City of Portland announced their sponsorship through Mayor Sam Adams' blog and this Summer Multnomah county has launched their “Idling Gets You Nowhere” campaign! MORE--> |
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Oregon Pesticide Action Work Group 2010 was a banner year for OTA's grassroots project, the Oregon Pesticide Action Working Group (OPAWG), a network of Oregonians representing seven rural counties. OPAWG builds leadership for pesticide reform by assisting with direct action campaigns – mostly for small towns and rural communities who are fighting to stop pesticide drift and run-off‘. OTA believes that developing a statewide voice and supporting these grassroots efforts is critical to advancing change. |
OPAWG is the catalyst for many successful projects. For example, in September 2010, ODOT agreed to a ground-breaking partnership with OTA and rural neighbors to remove invasive weeds without the use of pesticides along an eight-mile stretch of Highway 36 in the Siuslaw Watershed. They also agreed to reduce pesticide use by 60% along the other 44 miles of this scenic highway. We also helped communities take on successful pesticide reduction projects in Walton, Yachats, Ashland, Eugene, Waldport and Springeld. Furthermore, OTA traveled throughout the Northwest region to present data and make recommendations in front of key agencies that have the ability to set policy to reduce pesticide use. MORE-->
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