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I will be adding groups to this site. Please send your suggestions,
especially for groups that operate on a state level. - EC.
| Organization |
Publication |
Notes
by EC |
Beyond
Pesticides / National Coalition Against the Misuse of
Pesticides (NCAMP) |
"Pesticides
and You"
published
4 times a year. |
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Jay Feldman, executive director, co-signed FAN's March 2004
"Objection and Request for a Hearing" on EPA's Final
Rule for sulfuryl fluoride. With this approval, EPA allowed
the first-time use of sulfuryl fluoride as a food fumigant.
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PAN
Pesticide Action Network |
PAN has
affiliations with many excellent groups that publish. |
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Their website provides the most comprehensive and easily accessible
information available on all pesticides.
PAN is a global treasure. |
NRDC
Natural Resources Defense Council |
Free email
newsletter. Members receive a monthly magazine. |
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NRDC have a staff of committed scientists and lawyers that review
EPA's policies. They have probably been the single largest US
environmental group to petition EPA on pesticide policy. |
OCA
Organic Consumers Association |
A free
bi-weekly email newsletter - sign up at their website. |
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An excellent activist group watchdogging organic food issues.
Just wish they would take the issue of EPA's "List 4 Inerts"
in organic agriculture more seriously. Many of these "inerts"
are biologicallty active and all have been approved for use
in US organic agriculture. The "List 4 Inerts" are
categorized as either List 4A or List 4B. Sodium fluoride is
on List 4B along with a host of other chemicals that should
be banned from organic argiculture. |
FRANCE
MDRGF
Movement
pour le Droit et le Respect des Generations Futures |
In French |
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MDRGF is the reference NGO on pesticides issues in France
and is a member of PAN Europe. It informs on the dangers of
pesticides for health and the environment and promotes alternatives
as organic farming or IPM in agriculture and non chemical
methods for gardens and lawns. This excellent anti-pesticides
NGO group is strong and has a fabulous website. A great model.
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NOFA
The Northeast Organic Farming Association |
At their
site they provide links to their 7 state chapters and the newsletters
they produce. The states are CT, MA, NH, NJ, NY, RI, VT. |
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A good organization that works to support organic farmers and
to promote organic food in the northeast US. They also sponsor
a yearly conference. |
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