by Alexis Luckey | Mar 27, 2017 | Farmworkers, NC Pesticide Board Meetings, Neonicotinoids, Pollinators
In attendance: Dr. Allen Scarborough (Vice Chair and presiding); Dr. Colleen Hudak-Wise; Dr. Benson Kirkman; Mr. Shawn Harding; Mr. Don Rodgers; Mr. Jim Burnette (Secretary) Not in attendance: Dr. Rick Langley (Chair) Consider Board Minutes from December 12, 2016 Mr....
by Alexis Luckey | Dec 21, 2016 | Farmworkers, News, Press Release
Contact: Lori Ann Burd, Center for Biological Diversity, (971) 717-6405, laburd@biologicaldiversity.org Jeannie Economos, Farmworker Association of Florida, (407) 886-5151, farmworkerassoc@aol.com Preston Peck, Toxic Free North Carolina, (919) 833-1123,...
by Alexis Luckey | Nov 30, 2016 | Blogs
By Preston Peck, Policy Advocate, Toxic Free NC Last month, I attended the first “Diálogos Internacionais sobre a Luta Contra os Agrotóxicos” (International Dialogue about the Fight Against Pesticides) in Guarerema, Brazil as one of four delegates from the United...
by Alexis Luckey | Sep 16, 2016 | Blogs
Zika and the insecticides being used to address the threat of spread, are of major concern for us at Toxic Free NC. The organophosphate insecticide widely used in South Florida and responsible for the recent bee kill in South Carolina is also toxic to humans. For...
by Alexis Luckey | Sep 15, 2016 | Beekeepers, NC Pesticide Board Meetings, Neonicotinoids, Pollinators
In attendance: Dr. Rick Langly (Chair); Dr. Allen Scarborough (Vice Chair); Dr. Colleen Hudak-Wise; Dr. Benson Kirkman; Mr. Shawn Harding; Mr. Jim Burnette (Secretary) Not in attendance: Mr. Don Rodgers Ethics Reminder Dr. Langley read the mandatory ethics...
